High satisfaction with gender-affirming surgery

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Most people who get gender-affirming surgery (82%) are highly satisfied with it, but 94% of gender diverse people find it hard to get the surgery they want, according to a US study of 2,000 transgender and non-binary people. The researchers say barriers included cost, worries about risks and recovery, and long waiting lists. The findings highlights the need to make gender-affirming surgery more easily accessible, they conclude.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: University of Michigan, USA

Funder: This research was supported by grant AD-2017C1-6569 from PCORI (principal investigator, Dr Reisner). The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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