New study finds transgender surgeries nearly tripled before the pandemic

By Heather Hunter

Published August 24, 2023 5:56am ET

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New study finds transgender surgeries nearly tripled before the pandemic — According to a new study, transgender surgeries were on the rise between 2016 to 2019 and then dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic. Roughly 48,000 patients underwent gender-transitioning surgeries from 2016 to 2019. In 2019, the procedures peaked at about 13,000 before dropping in 2020, according to a study published Wednesday in the JAMA Network Open […]

According to a new study, transgender surgeries were on the rise between 2016 to 2019 and then dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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