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, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. The 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.

Overall, this study on adults adds to a limited, but growing body of data suggesting that gender-affirming care is “essential” and potentially life-saving care that comes with significant benefits for people who are transgender and gender diverse. Collectively, this is why major medical organizations—including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, and the Endocrine Society—advocate for protecting access to evidence-based gender-affirming care, which is a broad, sometimes misconstrued, term.

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    1 year ago

    The comment section over at the other site is pretty gross to be honest.

    • People scoffing at the low N, as if this wasn’t just another in a long line of data points.
    • People scoffing at the 41% non-respondant rate, as if a 59% response rate isn’t fantastic. Especially considering that some of the people being contacted had the procedure done over a decade ago.
    • Misinterpreting the exclusion of discordant results as exclusion of regretful results.
    • People suggesting selection bias, when the study attempted to contact literally every patient who had the procedure over a 30 year period, was over 18 and spoke English.
    • People just generally humming-and-hawwing and pondering vast narratives about what might have occurred!

    It’s literally just people finding ANY reason to doubt, and getting slammed with upvotes.