Background and objective.

Despite the increase in women in Medicine, a lot of work still needs to be done in terms of equality between men and women. This inequality is accentuated in surgical specialties.

The objective of this work is to analyze the situation of women in Plastic Surgery in Uruguay. We describe the bond between professional development with family (partner / children), academy training, discrimination and sexual harassment, and the influence of a mentor during training.

Methods.

An electronic, anonymous and voluntary survey was carried out, without incentive to complete it. It was sent to the members and non-members of the Society of Plastic Surgery in Uruguay.

Results.

Eighty-six responses were obtained from plastic surgeons and residents of the specialty: 47 women (54.7%) and 39 men (45.3%).

Conclusions.

This is the first study carried out in our country analyzing the situation of plastic surgeons and its bond between work, family, motherhood, academic work, discrimination, sexual harassment and the importance of mentors of the same gender. The data obtained revealed that in some aspects women surgeons in Uruguay suffer the same situation as the rest of the world. Nonetheless, we have a Society with a high percentage of women, that is increasing. A population of plastic surgeons where the age of having the first child and having children before or during residency did not vary between men and women. A specialty where the majority deny the presence of sexual harassment, discrimination or having postponed maternity/paternity due to Plastic Surgery.

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