Trends in Gender-Affirming Surgeries in the United States from 2010 to 2021

Autor: Ally Ha, Kassra Garoosi, Elijah Hale, Ty Higuchi, Julian Winocour, David W. Mathes, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol 57, Iss 01, Pp 047-053 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0970-0358
1998-376X
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778096
Popis: Introduction: In 2017, an estimated 1.6 million adults and 150,000 teenagers identified as transgender in the United States. With ever-changing legislative developments regarding health care benefits for this population and the increasing number of patients presenting for gender-affirming surgery (GAS), there is a scarcity of literature on the temporal trends within the past decade. The objective of this study was to examine the temporal trends of the utilization of GAS.
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