Study Finds Trans ‘Top Surgery’ up Almost 400% Among Children

As the debate over the proper treatment for children who identify as transgender becomes a national talking point, a peer-reviewed journal published a pediatric study that shows an almost 400% increase in some transgender surgeries performed on children.

Researchers Rishub Karan Das, Dr. Galen Perdikis, Dr. Salam Al Kasis and others found “the annual number of gender-affirming chest surgeries increased by 389%” between 2016 to 2019, according to a study published by the pediatric network of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oct. 17.

Although there was a lack of information in the study regarding irreversible sex change procedures on minors, the study found some surgeries, like chest reconstruction, were increasing. Between 2016 and 2019, an estimated 1,130 chest reconstruction surgeries were performed on children under the age of 18, according to the study.

“The number of chest reconstruction surgeries [aka transgender mastectomies] performed for adolescents rose nearly fourfold between 2016 & 2019, researchers report in a study published today in JAMA Pediatrics.” https://t.co/OYrf694xYy

— Bernard Lane (@Bernard_Lane) October 18, 2022

Female children were among the highest number of patients, with 1,114 chest reconstruction surgeries performed to masculinize an adolescent chest, compared to the 16 feminizing chest reconstruction surgeries performed during the same period, according to JAMA. (Read more from “Study Finds Trans ‘Top Surgery’ up Almost 400% Among Children” HERE)

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