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orthopaedic surgery consistently remained one least diverse specialties medicine limited data match rate sex orthopaedic fellowships goals study determine 1 percentage women applying orthopaedic fellowships changed 2011 2021 2 whether correlation sex likelihood successful fellowship match 3 subspecialties tend greater proportion female applicants fellows san francisco sf match service used obtain us orthopaedic fellowship applicant data 2010 2021 san francisco match run match orthopaedic fellowship match since 2010 international medical graduates applications incomplete applications withdrawn applications excluded following variables collected assessed sex subspecialty choice except hand use sf match services match outcome number female applicants matches recorded year compared number male applicants matches chisquare analysis used analyze categorical variables total 6969 applicants orthopaedic specialties within sf match included study period overall 859 female 123 6110 male 877 number female applicants increasing trend 10year period 65 applicants 2011 111 2021 overall proportion female applicants 101 144 annual match rate female applicants 907 100 study period match rate male applicants 937 973 regarding successful matches pediatrics highest proportion women range 302 462 followed foot ankle range 98 264 spine range 32 109 adult reconstruction range 39 9 least number women among matched applicants study found number female applicants orthopaedic fellowships increased past 10 years difference fellowship match rates among male versus female applicants statistically differ 10year period however proportion female fellows equally distributed among subspecialties higher proportion women matching pediatrics foot ankle lower proportion reconstruction spine data provide benchmark department chairs society leadership ensure recruiting interviewing selecting candidates representative current sex demographics orthopaedic fellowship graduates