Now that more doors are opening for women who want to be surgeons, it may be time to look at the equipment they are given at the operating table.
A recent study finds that some devices commonly used in what was once a male bastion are too big to be comfortable for women.
The study, which appears in Surgical Endoscopy, notes that women’s hands tend to be smaller then men’s, but that men with smaller hands also may find the equipment challenging.
One of the report’s authors, Dr. Peter Nichol of the University of Wisconsin medical school, said he had gotten the idea for the study while working with a resident and co-author, Dr. Danielle M. Adams.