To the Editor As an organization devoted to advancing women in cardiothoracic surgery, we read with great interest the study by Yeo et al¹ identifying demographic factors associated with pass rates on the American Board of Surgery examinations, and we congratulate the authors. On behalf of the Women in Thoracic Surgery, we would like to echo the authors’ call to action, share our understanding of the findings, and caution against misinterpretation of the results.

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满足日益多样化的外科手术队伍的教育需求。

致编辑作为致力于提高妇女的心胸外科手术能力的组织，我们非常感兴趣地阅读了Yeo等人¹的研究，该研究确定了与美国外科医学会考试合格率相关的人口统计学因素，我们对此表示祝贺。我们谨代表“胸腔外科手术中的妇女”回应作者的号召，呼吁我们分享对发现的理解，并警告不要误解结果。