Clinical Outcomes of Gender-Affirming Surgery in Individuals With Connective Tissue Disorders
These findings suggest CTDs may impact some gender-affirming surgical outcomes, and careful preoperative evaluation and management of comorbidities is necessary to reduce the risk of complications and readmission in this population. Surgeons should continue to exercise caution when performing elective surgery on patients taking immunomodulatory medications.
Authors
- Jennifer K. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3346-1930)
- Daniel Najafali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-9229)
- Justin M. Camacho
- Danielle Eble
- Heli Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9202-0361)
- Pin‐Keng Shih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2385-2065)
- Chandler Hinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3834-3047)
- Shane Douglas Morrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3868-3532)
- Rahim Nazerali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-2787)
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Illinois College (US)
- China Medical University (TW)
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- University of Washington Medical Center (US)
- Drexel University (US)
- University of South Alabama (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sap.0000000000004237
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00