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193 Impact of Gender Affirming Medical Care Access

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Gender affirming medical care such as hormone therapy surgery can greatly impact the emotional wellbeing and quality of life of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.
Xian Mao, Andrea Wirtz
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Intrathecal Morphine Injection for Postoperative Analgesia Following Gender-Affirming Pelvic Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study [PDF]

, 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, Sztain, Jacklynn, Swisher, Matthew W, Anger, Jennifer T, Tsuda, Paige S, Dolendo, Isabella M, Alexander, Brenton S, Said, Engy T   +7 more
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Electroclinical features and dynamic network connectivity of orbitofrontal epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Orbitofrontal epilepsy (OFE) is rare and underrecognized. This study aims to characterize electroclinical features and dynamic network connectivity of OFE and subtypes. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 17 patients with OFE who underwent stereoelectroencephalographic (SEEG) electrode implantation and epilepsy surgery at our center.
Meixuan Ren, Cuiping Xu, Na Clara Pan, Runshi Gao, Wei Shu, Xueyuan Wang, Xi Zhang, Li Wang, Liping Zhang, Xiaoming Yan, Xiaohua Zhang, Tao Yu, Mohamad Z Koubeissi, Yuping Wang   +13 more
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Gender-affirming medical and surgical treatment experience in a multi-specialty transgender clinic from Tamil Nadu

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Purpose: Transgender healthcare access is limited in India despite the availability of many healthcare professionals and tertiary care hospitals. We aimed to study the psycho-social, clinical, Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT), and Gender-Affirming
Subbiah Sridhar, Sinju Sankar, Aram Subramanian, Gayathiri Murugan, Gnanasekaran Thangavel, Govindaraju Amutha, Palaniappan Sreenivasan, Rathinavel Andiappan   +7 more
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Monthly or menstrual? A scoping review of catamenial epilepsy and non‐menstrual seizure rhythms

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Despite the reported high prevalence of catamenial epilepsy (CE), the condition remains poorly defined, with lack of consensus on what entails a menstrual‐related seizure exacerbation. Emerging evidence of multiday cycles of seizure activity, including about‐monthly cycles, present in both men and women, further confound the ...
Victoria Wong, Ewan S. Nurse, Ashley Reynolds, Mark J. Cook, Philippa J. Karoly   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

In their own words: experiences surrounding masculinising chest surgery among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents – a secondary analysis of GENDER-Q data

BMJ Open
Objective Masculinising chest surgery, also known as top surgery, is the most requested gender-affirming procedure among transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) adolescents, yet research on patient experiences remains limited.
Anne F Klassen, Kevin Cheung, Natasha Johnson, Shane D Morrison, Brenda Bradley, Kathleen Armstrong, Manraj N Kaur, Ivy Quan, Shelby L Kennedy, Sylvie D Cornacchi, Charlene Rae, Karine Khatchadourian, Maja Marinkovic, Gina M Sequeira   +13 more
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Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery: A state-by-state review. [PDF]

Health Serv Res
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review Medicaid policies state-by-state for gender-affirming surgery coverage. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING: Primary data were collected for each US state utilizing the LexisNexis legal database, state legislature ...
LaGuardia JS, Chin MG, Fadich S, Morgan KBJ, Ngo HH, Bedar M, Moghadam S, Huang KX, Mallory C, Lee JC.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Models of Publicly Funded Gender Affirming Surgery

Thirty years ago (1994), a small group of trans1 people, general practitioners, and Queensland Health Officers met at the Brisbane Sexual Health Clinic in Adelaide Street Brisbane Queensland, to discuss the establishment of the first Gender Health ...
Bromdal, A., Mulcahy, F., Brown, D., Forbes, P., Clarke, J., Batchelor, V., Daken, K., Mullens, A., Debattista, J., Neilsen, G., Stimpson, B., Zerafa-Payne, E.   +11 more
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Enhancing quality of mental health service for veterans with seizures

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Psychiatric disorders are commonly identified in people with seizures (PWS). Comorbid mood, anxiety, and trauma‐ and stressor‐related disorders are highly prevalent and not consistently recognized or treated promptly. Veterans with seizures are particularly vulnerable to neuropsychiatric comorbidities, including a higher prevalence of ...
Maria Raquel Lopez, W. Curt LaFrance Jr., Kristen Mordecai, Anna E. Blanken, Mary Jo Pugh, Krista Ocier, Hamada Altalib   +6 more
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Gender-affirming care in South Africa: A cross-sectional survey of transgender and gender-diverse people in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces, South Africa

South African Medical Journal
Background. Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people face significant discrimination in the South African (SA) health system, limiting their access to HIV services and gender-affirming care, which supports an individual’s gender identity when it ...
L Bust, S A Matyila, O Welte, N Xaba, Z Zintwana, A George, M De Jong, R Kaplan   +7 more
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