Female sexual mutilations result in an important physical and mental suffering. A large number of women have been affected and require a global management, including surgical clitoral transposition. This surgical technique is allowing a rapid improvement of clinical symptoms. In this article, we will describe the indications and operative technique of the clitoral transposition.
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Int J Gynaecol Obstet
January 2025
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
The demand for female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) has significantly increased in recent years for two reasons: the advancement of surgical operations and the increased attention to women's esthetic and sexual well-being. Three authors independently analyzed different databases up to April 1, 2024. They selected the relevant data according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
January 2025
Department of Women, Children, and Adolescents, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Study Objective: Puberty is associated with important changes in secondary sexual characteristics, but the changes occurring in female external genitalia are not thoroughly described. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize and assess the current scientific knowledge regarding vulvar changes and development during puberty.
Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane were searched, using keywords related to "puberty", "vulva", and "morphology".
Aesthetic Plast Surg
January 2025
Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking University 3rd Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.
Background: Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) for transgender females developed relatively late and limited in China due to some reasons. To introduce GAS surgical experiences for Chinese transgender females is necessary.
Aims: To report surgical choices and experience including clitoral/urethral reconstruction, vaginoplasty, and vulvoplasty, and their outcomes.
J Sex Med
January 2025
Department of Plastic, Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Tenon Hospital, 75020 Paris, France.
Background: Demand for gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is rising. The main objective of this surgery is the creation of a perineo-genital complex that appears and functions as femininely as possible, with a sensitive clitoris and a vagina capable of receptive intercourse. Penile skin inversion is currently regarded as the gold standard technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Anat
December 2024
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan.
Background: There is little information about when and how cavernosal sinusoidal endothelia develop in the external genitalia of fetuses.
Methods: We examined histological sections of erectile tissue in 37 human fetuses (25 males and 12 females) whose gestational age (GA) ranged from 8 to 40 weeks.
Results: The sinusoidal lumen was filled with blood in the glans of the penis and clitoris at a GA of 10-11 weeks, and in the corpus spongiosum at a GA of 15-16 weeks.
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