NEW: Children’s Hospital Colorado has stopped performing chest reconstruction on transgender patients, though it will continue to offer non-surgical gender-affirming care.
Children’s Hospital Colorado has stopped performing chest reconstruction on transgender patients, though it will continue to offer non-surgical gender-affirming care.
The hospital never performed surgery on patients under 18, and recently stopped offering it to young adults, spokeswoman Rachael Fowler said. Staff are assisting adult patients with referrals to other hospitals if they want to pursue surgery, she said. Patients can still receive other gender-affirming care in line with professional guidelines, which could include puberty-blocking medication or hormones, depending on the patient’s needs, Fowler said.
A Denver woman whose son intended to receive “top surgery” – removal of the mammary glands and sculpting to create a masculine chest appearance – said her family was referred to the University of Colorado Hospital’s surgery center, which only operates on adults. While her son will turn 18 this fall, she’s concerned the delay could mean that he won’t be able to get the surgery before leaving for college next year, which was his goal. She asked to remain anonymous to protect his privacy.
Before they could schedule the surgery at Children’s, a psychologist and her son’s primary care provider had to sign off that he was physically healthy and able to make a decision about the procedure, and their insurance had to agree to pay for it, the Denver woman said.
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