Phalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals:
what do our patients ask for?
Hage JJ, Bout CA, Bloem JJ, Megens
JA.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery,
Academic Hospital, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract
Although the surgical goals of
phalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals have repeatedly been described,
the requests by the patients themselves have never been assessed and
evaluated properly. To obtain information on their desiderata in this matter
a questionnaire was sent to 200 subjects.
The answers in the 150 returned
questionnaires made us conclude that the 79 subjects (52%) who seek
phalloplasty express the following requests as to their external genitalia:
a scrotum (96%), a glans (92%), rigidity (86%), and an aesthetically
appealing look either while wearing a tight swim suit (91%) or being nude
(81%). All but 1 patient wanted to be able to void in a standing position.
We add minimal disfigurement and no
functional loss in the donor area as two of the goals of phalloplasty.
Citation: Ann
Plast Surg 1993 Apr;30(4):323-6 an article
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