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ArticleJPRAS open2025

Evaluating the current research landscape in gender-affirming surgery.

Siyou Song, Zuivanna Rivas, Daniel Soroudi, Nina Mehta, Matthew F McLaughlin, Alexis K Gursky, Jasmin Wilson, Kiet T Phong, Esther A Kim

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Article in JPRAS open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Siyou SongDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Zuivanna RivasSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Daniel SoroudiSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nina MehtaSchool of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Matthew F McLaughlinSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Alexis K GurskyNorton College of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Jasmin WilsonDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Kiet T PhongDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Esther A KimDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Research on gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is essential to advancing and optimizing surgical techniques, understanding long-term outcomes, and reducing health disparities. Multidisciplinary collaboration is crucial for optimal outcomes after GAS, but whether published studies reflect the multidisciplinary nature of clinical care is unknown. We sought to evaluate which specialties are publishing the most, the most published types of GAS, and the current trends in GAS research in order to elucidate the rapid growth of GAS. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of all GAS research articles published on PubMed from March 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act was implemented, to 2022. For each article, we recorded senior author specialty, type of GAS investigated, year of publication, journal name, and funding source. Results: Of the 764 articles analyzed, the most were published on FFS (20.9 %) and vaginoplasty (20.6 %), with the fewest on metoidioplasty (2.88 %) ( Conclusion: Research on GAS has increased significantly since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Given that plastic surgeons published the most and had the greatest increase in publications amongst all specialties may reflect the fact that plastic surgeons comprise 79.5 % of gender-affirming surgeons in the United States. GAS is a rapidly expanding surgical field given its significant increase in publications over the past decade.

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Breast augmentationGender-affirming mastectomyGender-affirming surgeryMetoidioplastyPhalloplastyResearchVaginoplasty

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PMCPMC12666131

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