Looks uncommon, but as per a research study this might be a possibility. A December 2021 research study published in the JAMA Surgery found that in 50% of the surgeries where female patients were operated by a male surgeon, unfavorable outcomes (surgical complications, readmissions to the hospital, or death) occurred within 30 days of surgery.
"Unsurprisingly, most of the sex-discordant surgeon-patient dyads were male surgeons and female patients. What is surprising and troubling is that negative outcomes, including complications and death, were linked to sex discordance. Unfortunately, this association disproportionately affected female patients," says the research study which took information from more than 1.3 million adults and over 3,000 surgeons on surgeries like knee and hip replacements and spinal surgeries.
