From 2013 to 2020, more than 30 teenage and pre-teen girls who identify as transgender had their breasts removed in the Northern California health system, according to research published in May 2022. Ta.
of study This study focused on female patients who underwent mastectomies under the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Health System and examined patients' “incidence of gender-affirming mastectomies and postoperative complications, including regret.'' ' was measured. Patients who underwent mastectomy were between 12 and 17 years of age; 30 Of these, the children are between the ages of 12 and 14. (Related: Exclusive: Parents who oppose their child's gender change are 'mentally ill,' says gender doctor)
Additionally, at least two patients were 12 years old and six patients were 13 years old at the time of referral.
According to the study, the number of transgender patients who underwent mastectomies in the next age category, 14 to 15, jumped to more than 50, and at least 60 of the patients were 16 to 17 years old. Under Kaiser's treatment guidelines, doctors could refer minor patients for mastectomy even if they were not taking hormones or had not performed a “desired gender role” for a full year.
“KPNC clinicians provide treatment according to the WPATH guidelines, which require that patients under 18 years of age receive no hormone therapy as an absolute requirement and after at least one year of living in their preferred gender role. “Gender-affirming mastectomy can be recommended,” the study reads. “Adolescents with gender dysphoria can be referred to the KPNC Multispecialty Transition Unit (MST) unit by their pediatrician, endocrinologist, therapist, parent, or themselves if they are 13 years of age or older.”
From 2013 to 2020, 209 preteen or teenage girls underwent double mastectomies as gender-affirming care in the Northern California health system.
15% of these girls were 12 or 13 years old.
These are 32 girls who were 12 or 13 years old when their breasts were removed. pic.twitter.com/o9YbDw5lsx
— Kevin Bass PhD MS (@kevinnbass) February 14, 2024
The researchers lamented “barriers” to medical procedures for transgender people in certain states and said they hoped to confirm their belief that there are fewer regrets and complications after surgery.
The study found that demand for transgender mastectomies increased 13-fold over seven years, with 7.3% experiencing postoperative complications and 10.9% undergoing reoperation. revision“subsequent procedures involving the insertion, removal, and/or replacement of prostheses or implants.”
Of the 209 patients, only 137 had at least 1 year of follow-up for “complication and revision evaluation” and were included in the total. The researchers found that of that subset, 10 patients had a total of 15 complications, including “hematomas, wound infections, seroma, hypertrophic scars requiring steroid injections, or suture granulomas.” It was determined that
In the same study, 127 of the patients said they were satisfied with the procedure, but only two of the patients, who were 16 years old at the time, expressed regret, and eight left it undocumented. He said that it has been done. The researchers noted that one in two patients with regrets had a “less than positive and supportive home or social environment.”
An August 2023 study found that gender reassignment surgeries among minors increased sharply from 2016 to 2019. Of the total, 3,678 patients were teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18, of whom 3,215 underwent breast or chest reconstruction and 405 underwent genital surgery.
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