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ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2021

Assessing Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery Outcomes: Does Gender Identity Alter Gaze?

Shanique A Martin, Viren Patel, Shane D Morrison, David Kahn, Thomas Satterwhite, Rahim Nazerali

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Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The impact of chest contouring aesthetics outcomes: a pilot eye tracking study.Case reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shanique A MartinDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Viren PatelDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9433-5407
Shane D MorrisonSection of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. shane.d.morrison@gmail.com.
David KahnDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Thomas SatterwhiteAlign Surgical Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Rahim NazeraliDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Stanford Health Care · USAlign Technology (United States) · USCleveland Clinic · USUniversity of Michigan · USUniversity of Washington · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOutcomes of gender-affirming chest surgery can be variable. Placement of nipple-areolar complexes and orientation of scars can drastically affect the aesthetic outcomes of these procedures, as may observer gender identity. Here, we compared attention and perception of outcomes following gender-affirming chest surgery between laypersons, based on gender identity.

methodsTransgender and cisgender participants were enrolled and shown images of surgery naïve chests and postoperative masculinized and feminized chests, blinded to the gender identity of the photographed subject. Gaze data were captured using the Tobii X2 60 eye-tracking device. Participants scored the perceived gender and aesthetic appearance of each image.

resultsEighteen cisgender and 14 transgender participants were enrolled. When viewing male chests, transgender participants spent significantly longer fixated on the nipples (naïve: 802 vs. 395 ms; p = 0.02, masculinized: 940 vs. 692 ms, p = 0.002). For masculinized chests, cisgender participants spent significantly longer fixated on the inframammary scar (483 vs. 391 ms; p = 0.04). On images of feminized chests, transgender participants spent longer viewing the nipples when compared to cisgender participants (1017 vs. 847 ms; p = 0.04). Cisgender viewers spent longer fixating on the postoperative scar on feminized chests (113 vs. 59 ms; p = 0.02) and also viewed feminized chests as significantly more masculine and masculinized chests as more feminine, when compared to transgender participants (p < 0.05).

conclusionsThis is the first study to use eye-tracking to assess how laypersons assess chests for gender determination. The findings suggest that observer gender identity has an effect on areas of focus and gender perception of chests that underwent gender-affirmation surgery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine Ratings, please refer to Table of Contents or online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

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Gender-Affirming SurgeryTransgender PersonsTranssexualismFemaleGender IdentityHumansMaleNipplesChest surgeryEye-trackingGender-affirmingTop-surgeryTransgender

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