Study: Patients Aged 12-18 Account for 8% of Transgender Surgeries
“I suspect the numbers are actually much larger than this,” Richards added. “We just can’t track it all.”
Source: ncregister.com
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“I suspect the numbers are actually much larger than this,” Richards added. “We just can’t track it all.”
Researchers estimate that about 3,678 Americans between 12 and 18 received transgender surgeries from 2016 through 2020.
Top surgery is more common than genital surgery, the study notes.
The number of procedures rose to roughly 13,000 in 2019 from about 4,550 in 2016 as access broadened, researchers estimated.
The number of patients opting for top and bottom surgeries has surged, a new study reports.