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Legislations Mandating Insurance Coverage Are Highly Effective in Delivering Surgical Care of Transgender Patients

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022
Background:. Although gender-affirming surgery is increasingly performed, few studies have examined any temporal correlation between legislations mandating transgender care and the actuation of such surgical care. Methods:.
Adam Faletsky, MD, MBA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to Gender-affirming Surgery Consultations in a Sample of Transmasculine Patients in Boston, Mass.

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2020
Background:. Gender diverse people are increasingly pursuing gender-affirming surgery, but little is known about their experiences on accessing care. As part of the baseline assessment for an ongoing longitudinal study, we examined the types of barriers ...
Ariella R. Tabaac, PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urology case report – Emergency penectomy for the transfeminine patient

open access: yesUrology Case Reports, 2023
Management of gender dysphoria and healthcare for transgender and non-binary patients is a growing field in Australia and abroad. Currently, gender-affirming surgery is not offered under Australia's national public health insurance.We present an unusual ...
Paul Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators to publicly‑funded gender‑affirming surgery: the perspectives amongst a cohort of Australian clinicians

open access: yes, 2023
Introduction Barriers to publicly-funded gender-affirming surgery (GAS) in Australia have been identified as costly with limited availability of qualified providers and lack of public hospital systems performing/offering these services.
Piñón‑O’Connor, Katie E.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Musculocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi Phalloplasty

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2022
The treatment of gender dysphoria consists of psychiatric evaluation, initiation of hormonal therapy, and the final step in an individual's transition, performing gender-affirming surgery. Construction of the neophallus is one of the most demanding tasks
Marko Bencic   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Penile and Scrotal Skin Measurements to Predict Final Vaginal Depth With Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty

open access: yesSexual Medicine, 2022
Introduction: No nomogram exists to predict maximum achievable neovaginal depth before penile inversion vaginoplasty (PIV) based on available penile & scrotal skin (SS).
Shannon M. Smith, MD, MPH   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Gender-Affirming Medical Care on the Vaginal and Neovaginal Microbiomes of Transgender and Gender-Diverse People

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Transgender and gender diverse individuals may seek gender-affirming medical care, such as hormone therapy or surgery, to produce primary and/or secondary sex characteristics that are more congruent with their gender.
Yonah Krakowsky   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Concepts in Gender-Affirming Surgery Postgraduate Training

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2022
Background Recent advocacy efforts and expanded insurance coverage has increased health care utilization among transgender patients. Therefore, it is pivotal that surgical residents are properly trained to care for transgender patients in both clinical ...
Alexander N. Khouri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intrathecal Morphine Injection for Postoperative Analgesia Following Gender-Affirming Pelvic Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Background Gender-affirming pelvic surgery (GAPS) can be associated with significant postoperative pelvic pain. Given the lack of available peripheral nerve blocks to the perineum, intrathecal morphine (ITM) injection could offer a potent analgesic ...
Sztain, Jacklynn F   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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