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I've never heard this before. Can you point me some place where I can read more?
by blix 4y ago
I've never heard this before. Can you point me some place where I can read more?
- howinteresting 4y agoIn this meta-analysis, the regret rate of GAS was found to be 1%. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099405/#:~:text=A%20total%20of%2027%20studies,%3C1%25%E2%80%932%25 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099405/#:~:tex...). Compare this to: Prostrate surgery: https://www.europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(08)00764-1/fulltext https://www.europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(08)00764-... (19%) Knee surgery: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961288/#:~:text=Total%20knee%20arthroplasty%20(TKA)%20is,complications%20[3%E2%80%9312] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961288/#:~:tex... (6-30%) Mastectomy for breast cancer: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/964824 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/964824 (8% -- and this is presented as very low!) The satisfaction rate for gender-affirming surgery is in a completely different league from the rest of medicine. (And I have a lot of sympathy for the few people that do regret them -- I'm good friends with one such person.)