New research published on bmj.com has evaluated how well women surgeons operate, when compared to their male colleagues - and shows that there is a marginal improvement in patient outcomes.

To discuss how that was studied, and what the findings mean, we're joined by Chris Wallis, a resident at the University of Toronto, and Raj Satkunasivam, a urologic-surgeon and assistant professor at the Houston methodist hospital in Texas.

Also joining us, to contextualise that research, is Clare Marx - associate medical director of Ipswich Hospital NHS Ttrust, and former president of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Read the open access research:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4366

and editorial:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4580