P A Sutcliffe, S Dixon, R L Akehurst, A Wilkinson, A Shippam, S White, R Richards, C M Caddy
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate earlier reviews and literature concerning five individual surgical procedures for male-to-female (MTF) transsexism: clitoroplasty, labiaplasty, orchidectomy, penectomy and vaginoplasty. Further evaluations were made of eight surgical procedures for female-to-male (FTM) transsexism: hysterectomy, mastectomy, metoidoplasty, phalloplasty, salpingo-oophorectomy, scrotoplasty/placement of testicular prostheses, urethroplasty and vaginectomy. BACKGROUND: Increased prevalence and advances in surgical options available to patients requesting gender reassignment surgery have made this an important consideration for research...
March 2009: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery: JPRAS