Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir
December 2023
The ever-expanding number of transmen as well as their surgeons share an increasing interest in the construction of a neophallus. While the indication for surgery and the positive effect of a phalloplasty on the quality of life, mental health and sexual function has already been thoroughly analysed, there is a lack of data comparing and evaluating the surgical steps. During the consensus conference on the "choice of flaps for phalloplasty" at the annual meeting of the German-Speaking Society for Microsurgery of Peripheral Nerves and Vessels, the current literature was discussed and a consensus on the surgical technique of a phalloplasty was reached.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are few data on complications with gender affirming surgery. The aim of this study was to assess peri- and postoperative complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy and mastectomy performed in a single sitting in transgender men. Assessment of intra- and postoperative complications in a series of 65 transgender men (mean age 27, range 18-47) undergoing concomitant mastectomy and laparoscopic hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Colpectomy is a frequent part of gender-affirming surgery in transgender men. Urologic complications with these procedures can complicate and delay further management. Aim: We reviewed the rate of postoperative voiding dysfunction after colpectomy with urethral lengthening in transgender men.
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