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ArticleEuropean journal of plastic surgery2017

Quality of life improves early after gender reassignment surgery in transgender women.

Ebba K Lindqvist, Hannes Sigurjonsson, Caroline Möllermark, Johan Rinder, Filip Farnebo, T Kalle Lundgren

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Article in European journal of plastic surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ebba K LindqvistClinic for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Hannes SigurjonssonClinic for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Caroline MöllermarkClinic for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan RinderClinic for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Filip FarneboClinic for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
T Kalle LundgrenClinic for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies have examined the long-term quality of life (QoL) of individuals with gender dysphoria, or how it is affected by treatment. Our aim was to examine the QoL of transgender women undergoing gender reassignment surgery (GRS).

methodsWe performed a prospective cohort study on 190 patients undergoing male-to-female GRS at Karolinska University Hospital between 2003 and 2015. We used the Swedish version of the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), which measures QoL across eight domains. The questionnaire was distributed to patients pre-operatively, as well as 1, 3, and 5 years post-operatively. The results were compared between the different measure points, as well as between the study group and the general population.

resultsOn most dimensions of the SF-36 questionnaire, transgender women reported a lower QoL than the general population. The scores of SF-36 showed a non-significant trend to be lower 5 years post-GRS compared to pre-operatively, a decline consistent with that of the general population. Self-perceived health compared to 1 year previously rose in the first post-operative year, after which it declined.

conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the largest prospective study to follow a group of transgender patients with regards to QoL over continuous temporal measure points. Our results show that transgender women generally have a lower QoL compared to the general population. GRS leads to an improvement in general well-being as a trend but over the long-term, QoL decreases slightly in line with that of the comparison group. Level of evidence: Level III, therapeutic study.

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Gender dysphoriaGender reassignment surgeryQuality of lifeSF-36

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