Publications by authors named "Kayla Blickensderfer"

Introduction Gender and sexually diverse (GSD) individuals disproportionately experience worse outcomes, bias, discrimination, and inequities in their care. Many avoid seeking healthcare due to fear of discrimination and mistreatment. One method for improvement focuses on specific GSD medical care training for undergraduate medical education (UME) learners.

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Objective: To describe the initial outcomes of a new multidisciplinary gender-affirming surgery (GAS) program comprised of plastic and urologic surgeons.

Methods: We retrospectively examined consecutive patients who underwent gender-affirming vaginoplasty or vulvoplasty between April 2018 and May 2021. We used logistic regression modeling to analyze associations between preoperative risk factors and postoperative complications.

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