People with pre-existing mental health conditions who undergo gender-affirming surgery may face higher rate of postoperative complications

MedPage Today (9/28, Monaco) reports, “Individuals undergoing gender-affirming surgery…with a pre-existing mental health condition seemed to face higher rates of postoperative complications,” investigators concluded in a study that included “more than 4,000 patients.” The findings were published online Sept. 28 in a research letter in JAMA Surgery.

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