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<blockquote data-quote="okcBob" data-source="post: 4026817" data-attributes="member: 45783"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Per their website, genital surgeries are for adults only, but apparently breast removals & implants , facial reconstructions are good to go for children.</p><p></p><p>“Our approach to gender surgery</p><p>As the first<strong> <em>pediatric</em> center in the country dedicated to the <em>surgical care </em>of transgender patients, </strong>we take an interdisciplinary approach from the start to ensure exceptional patient care. Our skilled team includes specialists in plastic surgery, urology, endocrinology, nursing, gender management, and social work, who collaborate to provide a full suite of surgical options for transgender teens and young adults. Our experienced <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/departments/anesthesia" target="_blank">anesthesia team</a> works to provide culturally sensitive care to the gender-diverse community. By partnering with the hospital's nationally recognized <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/gender-multispecialty-service" target="_blank">Gender Management Service (GeMS)</a>, which provides a range of medical options for transgender youth, we help young people with gender identity concerns transfer seamlessly to surgical care if and when they are ready.</p><p></p><p>The center currently offers <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/vaginoplasty" target="_blank">vaginoplasty</a>, <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/metoidioplasty" target="_blank">metoidioplasty</a>, <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/phalloplasty" target="_blank">phalloplasty</a>, <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/chest-reconstruction" target="_blank">chest reconstruction</a>, <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/breast-augmentation" target="_blank">breast augmentation</a>, <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/facial-harmonization" target="_blank">facial harmonization</a> and other gender affirmation surgeries to eligible patients. We are guided by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards and other criteria to surgically treat people who are stable in their gender identity and have <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program/eligibility-surgery" target="_blank">documentation</a> of persistent gender dysphoria. You do not need to be a GeMS patient to have surgery at the center. All genital surgeries are only performed on patients age 18 and older.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okcBob, post: 4026817, member: 45783"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program[/URL] Per their website, genital surgeries are for adults only, but apparently breast removals & implants , facial reconstructions are good to go for children. “Our approach to gender surgery As the first[B] [I]pediatric[/I] center in the country dedicated to the [I]surgical care [/I]of transgender patients, [/B]we take an interdisciplinary approach from the start to ensure exceptional patient care. Our skilled team includes specialists in plastic surgery, urology, endocrinology, nursing, gender management, and social work, who collaborate to provide a full suite of surgical options for transgender teens and young adults. Our experienced [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/departments/anesthesia']anesthesia team[/URL] works to provide culturally sensitive care to the gender-diverse community. By partnering with the hospital's nationally recognized [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/gender-multispecialty-service']Gender Management Service (GeMS)[/URL], which provides a range of medical options for transgender youth, we help young people with gender identity concerns transfer seamlessly to surgical care if and when they are ready. The center currently offers [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/vaginoplasty']vaginoplasty[/URL], [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/metoidioplasty']metoidioplasty[/URL], [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/phalloplasty']phalloplasty[/URL], [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/chest-reconstruction']chest reconstruction[/URL], [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/breast-augmentation']breast augmentation[/URL], [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/treatments/facial-harmonization']facial harmonization[/URL] and other gender affirmation surgeries to eligible patients. We are guided by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards and other criteria to surgically treat people who are stable in their gender identity and have [URL='https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program/eligibility-surgery']documentation[/URL] of persistent gender dysphoria. You do not need to be a GeMS patient to have surgery at the center. All genital surgeries are only performed on patients age 18 and older.” [/QUOTE]
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