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by cryptonector 2931 days ago
From the abstract:

> Increases in long-term absolute disease risks were considerably larger than changes in risk for the disorders these surgeries aim to treat.

Presumably specifics are discussed in the paper. They followed 1.2 million children. Perhaps they were able to get an apples-to-apples comparison of children with similar issues and who did and did not get these surgeries.