∗Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Department, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
†Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
‡Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore della Carita’ di Novara, Novara, Italy
§Department of General Surgery, St’Andrea Hospital, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
Department of General Surgery, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio di Orbetello, Grosseto, Italy
||Department of General Surgery, Bergamo Ovest Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
∗∗Department of General surgery, Mirano Hospital, Venice, Italy
††Pancreatic Surgical Unit, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda (VR), Italy
‡‡Department of Surgical Oncology, Yvelines-Nord Region Department de Chirurgie Visceral, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy/Saint German-en-Laye, France.
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This manuscript has been created with the collaboration of active members of Women in Surgery, Italian Association of women surgeons. Following the contribution of each author:
Linda Ferrari drafted the initial manuscript and corrected the manuscript after each revision and she created the supplemental material.
Valentina Mari summarised some of the articles included in the manuscript and she created the flow-chart and the Supplemental Digital Content Table 1, https://links.lww.com/SLA/D731 and contributed to the initial draft.
Sara Parini summarised some of the articles included in the final manuscripts and she blindly reviewed the articles initially listed to be included or excluded.
Giulia Capelli conducted accurate review of the manuscript and interpretation of data.
Giovanna Tacconi read and summarised articles included in the initial research.
Antonella Chessa read and summarised articles included in the initial research.
Gabriella De Santis read and summarised articles included in the initial research.
Daunia Verdi designed the study and conducted the initial search of articles related to Discrimination of women in surgery.
Isabella Frigerio blindly reviewed the initial selection of articles and she expanded the research. She also removed duplicates and articles not pertinent for this review.
Marco Scarpa conducted review of the manuscript improving interpretation of data.
Andrew Gumbs conducted review of the manuscript implementing intellectual concept.
Gaya Spolverato conducted two reviews of the manuscript improving forms and content.
All authors made substantial contributions to concept and design of the manuscript in different ways, from data collection, decision of inclusion, and exclusion of previous manuscripts related to the main topic. All authors gave final approval of the version to be published and they should be included as authors.
L.F. and V.M. contributed equally to the project.
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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