Complication and Explantation Rates of Penile Prostheses in Transmasculine Patients: A Meta-analysis.

Objective: To synthesize current literature on penile prosthesis implantation post-gender affirming phalloplasty to correlate implant types and complication rates.

Methods: A meta-analysis of penile prosthesis in transmasculine patients was initiated in December 2022. Inclusion criteria encompassed randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, and cross-sectional studies reporting on penile prosthesis complications post-gender-affirming phalloplasty.

Are cisnormative surveys adequate to assess sexual well-being in trans men post-genital gender-affirming surgery?

Introduction: For transmasculine spectrum individuals, there is a lack of validated surveys to assess sexual well-being (SWB) post-genital gender-affirming surgery. Currently, either providers are designing their own SWB surveys or surveys designed for cisgender men are being used.

Objective: This study investigated the applicability of SWB surveys validated for cisgender men to transmasculine spectrum individuals post-genital gender-affirming surgery (TMSX).

Long-term survivability of surgical and nonsurgical management of spinal epidural abscess.

Background Context: Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare and life-threatening infection within the epidural space with significant functional impairment and morbidity. Active debate remains over whether to operate for SEAs, with limited existing data comparing the long-term survivability after surgical versus nonsurgical management.

Purpose: This study aims to determine the long-term survival of patients who underwent surgical and nonsurgical management for SEA.

One survey fits all? Evaluating the relevance of sexual function measures designed for cis women in trans women postvaginoplasty.

Background: Providers are currently using surveys designed for cisgender women and/or creating their own questionnaires to evaluate the sexual function and satisfaction (SFS) of transgender women postvaginoplasty (TWPV), despite the marked difference in anatomy and lived experience between these groups.

Aim: To evaluate the appropriateness of the current assays that have been validated in cisgender women and to assess their applicability in studying SFS in TWPV.

Methods: Surveys assessing female SFS that were validated in English speakers in North America were compiled and reviewed.

Retrospective review of changes in testosterone dosing and physiologic parameters in transgender and gender-diverse individuals following hysterectomy with and without oophorectomy.

Background: As more transgender and gender-diverse patients undergo hysterectomy, gaps in knowledge remain about how testosterone dosing or other physiologic parameters change following surgery and how these are influenced by concomitant oophorectomy.

Aim: The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of testosterone dosing change after gender-affirming hysterectomy and to compare this incidence between patients who underwent oophorectomy and ovarian preservation.

Methods: This multicenter retrospective cohort study consisted of transmasculine patients who underwent hysterectomy for gender affirmation.