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The top organization that provides medical guidance to U.S. plastic surgeons released a statement calling for more evidence-based studies on the efficacy of “gender-affirming” surgery for adolescents, according to Manhattan Institute fellow and pediatric gender medicine expert Leor Sapir.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which represents 92% of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the U.S., has come out saying there is “considerable uncertainty” surrounding these surgical treatments.
“ASPS currently understands that there is considerable uncertainty as to the long-term efficacy for the use of chest and genital surgical interventions for the treatment of adolescents with gender dysphoria,” ASPS said in a statement posted on X by Sapir.
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which represents 92% of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the U.S., has come out saying there is “considerable uncertainty” surrounding these surgical treatments.
“ASPS currently understands that there is considerable uncertainty as to the long-term efficacy for the use of chest and genital surgical interventions for the treatment of adolescents with gender dysphoria,” ASPS said in a statement posted on X by Sapir.
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Plastic surgeons say they have not endorsed teen transgender surgery
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has come out saying there is “considerable uncertainty” surrounding these surgical treatments.
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