TABLE 3.

Comparison of Operative Composition for General Surgery Residency Graduates by Male Versus Female

	Median (IQR)
	Female	Male	P
Abdomen	318 (277–371)	329 (278–386)	0.06
Biliary	125 (95–158)	131 (99–168)	0.03*
General	41 (30–53)	39 (28–52)	0.14
Hernia	123 (102–148)	126 (105–150)	0.29
Liver	9 (6–14)	9 (6–13)	0.95
Pancreas	11 (7–17)	12 (7–18)	0.35
Spleen	3 (1–4)	3 (1–4)	0.88
Alimentary tract	269 (228–308)	267 (225–313)	0.88
Anorectal	33 (25–44)	30 (22–41)	< 0.01*
Esophagus	11 (7–17)	12 (7–17)	0.61
Large intestine	147 (120–171)	148 (122–175)	0.36
Small intestine	40 (31–50)	39 (32–50)	0.88
Stomach	31 (23–45)	30 (22–43)	0.35
Breast	53 (42–71)	49 (39–64)	< 0.01*
Endocrine	38 (22–55)	37 (21–56	0.95
Endoscopy	119 (105–143)	124 (106–153)	0.02*
Pediatric	23 (16–31)	23 (17–33)	0.25
Plastics	24 (14–44)	25 (15–42)	0.78
Skin and soft tissue	56 (41–75)	54 (40–73)	0.20
Thoracic	32 (23–48)	37 (25–55)	< 0.01*
Transplant	12 (6–18)	11 (6–18)	0.46
Trauma	27 (18–40)	31 (20–47)	0.01*
Vascular	102 (78–133)	113 (86–151)	< 0.01*
Total laparoscopy†	279 (226–344)	287 (221–30)	0.48
Basic laparoscopy	171 (129–220)	179 (125–226)	0.39
Complex laparoscopy	107 (80–137)	108 (78–135)	0.90

^*P < 0.05.

^†Laparoscopy includes operations within the other listed domains that are coded as open versus laparoscopic and, therefore, total laparoscopy is not counted toward total case counts.