Background: There is an unknown percentage of transgender and gender non-confirming
individuals who undergo gender-affirmation surgeries (GAS) that experiences regret. Regret …

Transgender is an umbrella term that can be defined as identifying with a gender that differs
from one's sex assigned at birth. This incongruence between one's gender identity and sex …

Importance While changes in federal and state laws mandating coverage of gender-
affirming surgery (GAS) may have led to an increase in the number of annual cases …

Every government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of
Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex classification. Many …

Purpose: Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) has become an important component of the
treatment of gender dysphoria. Although the frequency of these procedures is on the rise, a …

Background A rare, but consequential, risk of gender affirming surgery (GAS) is post-
operative regret resulting in a request for surgical reversal. Studies on regret and surgical …

Background Gender affirmation surgery is an exponentially growing field within plastic
surgery. The aim of our study is to analyze demographics, procedure type, trends, and …

Introduction Phalloplasty is one of the genital genders affirming surgeries sought by
transmasculine transgender patients during transition. Despite current advances in surgical …

Given the rise in the visibility of the trans community, increasing attention has been paid to
mental health disparities in trans populations. Specifically, research findings conclude that …

Importance Gender-affirming surgery is often beneficial for gender-diverse or-dysphoric
patients. Access to gender-affirming surgery is often limited through restrictive legislation …