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Decision making in metoidioplasty and phalloplasty gender-affirming surgery: a mixed methods study.

Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND Gender-affirming surgical procedures, such as metoidioplasty and phalloplasty for those assigned female at birth, are complex and multistaged and involve risks.
Rebecca L. Butcher, Linda M. Kinney, G. Blasdel, G. Elwyn, J. Myers, Benjamin Boh, Kaylee M. Luck, Rachel A. Moses   +7 more
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Legislation, Market Size, and Access to Gender-affirming Genital Surgery in the United States

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Background:. The value of gender-affirming genital surgery (GAGS) has been established for certain transgender or gender non-conforming patients. This study aimed to determine the availability of GAGS by state and region in the United States, and to ...
Alexander F. Dagi, MPhil, Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, Laura C. Nuzzi, BA, Christine O. Kang, MD, MHS, MS, Oren Ganor, MD, Brian I. Labow, MD, Amir H. Taghinia, MD, MPH, MBA   +6 more
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Perioperative misgendering experiences in patients undergoing gender-affirming surgery: a call for a gender-inclusive healthcare environment

European journal of plastic surgery, 2023
Background Transgender individuals have long experienced discrimination and exclusion from medicine. Misgendering occurs when an individual is referred to using a gender or address incongruent with their identity.
B. Chang, Adaah A. Sayyed, Zoe Haffner, Romina Deldar, Josh Mondshine, Alison L. Hill, Gabriel A. Del Corral   +6 more
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Gender Affirming Surgery in Nonbinary Patients: A Single Institutional Experience

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2023
Background An increasing number of nonbinary patients are receiving gender-affirming procedures due to improved access to care. However, the preferred treatments for nonbinary patients are underdescribed.
Allison C. Hu, Mengyuan T. Liu, Candace H. Chan, Saloni Gupta, Brian N. Dang, Gladys Y. Ng, Mark S. Litwin, George H. Rudkin, Amy K. Weimer, Justine C. Lee   +9 more
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Transvaginal posterior levatorplasty and perineoplasty for female primary stress urinary incontinence: 12-month follow-up and technical presentation

BMC Urology
Objective To investigate the feasibility of transvaginal posterior levatorplasty combined with perineoplasty (TPLP) for women with primary stress urinary incontinence and demonstrate the surgical technique with step-by-step procedures.
Yansheng Xu, Lan Wei, Meichen Liu, Zhuomin Jia, Yilin Li, Fengyong Li   +5 more
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Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner, Angela Gentili, Meika A. Fang, Edward Garay, Laura Lawson, Lenore Joseph, Cathy C. Lee, Michelle I. Rossi, Beverly Thorn, Subashan Perera   +9 more
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Association Between California's State Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act and Utilization of Gender-Affirming Surgery.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2023
Importance Gender-affirming surgery is often beneficial for gender-diverse or -dysphoric patients. Access to gender-affirming surgery is often limited through restrictive legislation and insurance policies.
Anna R. Schoenbrunner, Annamarie Beckmeyer, Nicholas Kunnath, A. Ibrahim, T. Pawlik, Atheendar S. Venkataramani, William M. Kuzon, A. Díaz   +7 more
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How Early in Life do Transgender Adults Begin to Experience Gender Dysphoria? Why This Matters for Patients, Providers, and for Our Healthcare System

Sexual Medicine, 2021
: Introduction: The age at which transgender women (TW) and men (TM) first experience gender dysphoria (GD) has not been reported in a U.S. population of adults seeking genital gender-affirming surgery (gGAS).
Michael Zaliznyak, BA, Nance Yuan, MD, Catherine Bresee, MS, Andrew Freedman, MD, Maurice M. Garcia, MD, MAS   +4 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies.
Anahita Deboo, Robert Fox, Katherine M. Hammitt, Julie Frantsve‐Hawley, Matthew C. Baker, Stamatina Danielides, Eduardo De Sousa, Brent P. Goodman, Jennifer K. King, Steven Mandel, Ghaith Noaiseh, Pantelis P. Pavlakis, George Sarka, R. Hal Scofield, Arun Varadhachary, Daniel J. Wallace, Matt Makara, Nancy Carteron, Steven Carsons, in collaboration with the Consensus Expert Panel (CEP) members, G. Alden Adkins, Brittany Adler, Hossein Ansari, Senada Arabelovic, Alan Baer, Denis Balaban, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Evelyn Bromet, Krishna Chaganti, Kamal Chemali, Melissa Cortez, Schartess Culpepper, Paul Dellaripa, Dana Direnzo, Daniel El Bogdadi, Robert Fearon, Mehrnez Fischbach, Judi Furlong, Christopher Gibbons, Rachael Gordon, Thomas Grader Beck, Syed Haider, Larry Hollenbeck, Chadwick R. Johr, Stuart S. Kassan, Brian King, Octavia Kincaid, Eugene Kissin, Vasileios Kyttaris, Lindsay Lally, Brandon M. Law, Janet Lewis, Scott M. Lieberman, Amanda Lusa, Joseph Lutt, Rashmi Maganti, Arthur M. Mandelin, Sara McCoy, Kerry Neall, Timothy Niewold, Anne Louise Oaklander, Ruben A. Peredo‐Wende, Lynn Petruzzi, Mark A. Porter, Guada Respicio Duque, Tania Reyna, Nathaniel M. Robbins, Elliot D. Rosenstein, Laura Rosow, Breanna Ruthrauff, Amit Sachdev, Nora Sandorfi, Sarah Schafer, Elena Schiopu, Chokkalingam Siva, Daniel Small, Sara M. Stern, Lauren Stiles, Susan Stoddard, Jinny Tavee, Donald Thomas, Edward L. Treadwell, Nagagopal Venna, Steven Vernino, Frederick B. Vivino, Brittany Weber, Sepideh Yadollahi, Huiying Yu, Scott Zashin   +88 more
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Gender-affirming Surgery and Cancer: Considerations for Radiation Oncologists for Pelvic Radiation in Transfeminine Patients.

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2023
Access to gender-affirming surgery is increasing for many transgender and nonbinary people in the US, and radiation oncologists must be equipped to care for cancer patients who have undergone such surgery in the region of their planned radiation ...
A. Smart, Kevin X. Liu, J. Domogauer, C. Rodriguez-Russo, Brianna M. Jones, D. Dickstein, J. Mancias, R. Shiloh, Anton Wintner, A. Zietman, D. Marshall, M. A. Dyer, A. Russo   +12 more
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