No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction
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People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure.
he results were so clear, in fact, that the study authors were unable to perform the complex statistical analyses they had planned due to the striking uniformity in the survey responses.
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Overall, this study on adults adds to a limited, but growing body of data suggesting that gender-affirming care is "essential" and potentially lifesaving care that comes with significant benefits for people who are transgender and gender diverse.
The benefits appear clear in their clinics and medical offices but definitive data has been difficult to amass so far, owing to the limited research and the small patient population.
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Even amid rising awareness and support of transgender and gender-diverse identities, only a sliver of the US population—an estimated 1.6 percent of adults—identify as transgender or nonbinary.
| People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure.
he results were so clear, in fact, that the study authors were unable to perform the complex statistical analyses they had planned due to the striking uniformity in the survey responses.