Researchers and clinicians with the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine claimed a recent study that found a near-0% regret rate for so-called “gender-affirming” mastectomies was “untrustworthy and not applicable.”
Last week, a study published in the JAMA Network, ” Long-Term Regret and Satisfaction With Decisions Following Gender-Affirming Mastectomy ,” reported that individuals reported high satisfaction levels regarding their decision to undergo double mastectomies.
SEGM released a critical analysis of the report this week, noting that “the study suffers from serious methodological limitations.”
“The study authors lauded the ‘overwhelmingly low levels of regret following gender-affirming surgery,’ and framed their findings as in conflict with the ‘increasing legislative interest in regulating gender-affirming surgery,’ referring to current legislative attempts to restrict or ban ‘gender-affirming’ procedures for minors,” SEGM stated.SEGM contended that the study failed to evaluate “long-term” satisfaction since patients were surveyed an average of 3.6 years after surgery, despite its endpoints spanning over […]
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