New guidance from a major plastic surgeons’ organization recommends delaying gender-affirming surgical procedures until age 19, citing concerns about the quality and long-term strength of available research.
In this Healthcare Watchdog® video, we examine:
🟢✔What the new recommendation actually says
🟢✔How it compares with positions from other U.S. medical organizations
🟢✔The current state of scientific evidence and long-term outcome data
🟢✔Why debates over research quality, ethics, and patient care continue to grow
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Chapters:
00:00 Plastic Surgeons Change Recommendations
00:23 What Changed?
00:41 Review of 9900 Gender Change Studies
01:03 Successful Malpractice
Case 01:18 Systematic Literature Review
01:34 US Policy Shift 01:54 International Policy Shift
02:08 Takeaways
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