Transgender- Sex Change surgery
Transgender patients are convinced that they were born in the wrong body. This serious identity problem causes a great deal of misery beginning in childhood. Although the specific cause of transsexualism is unknown, it is most likely the result of a combination of biological and psychological factors. It is unanimously agreed that gender reassignment is the only truly therapeutic choice because attempting.
Gender reassignment is often aided by a mental health professional and is followed by hormone therapy (via an endocrinologist).
The two major sex reassignment surgery (SRS) interventions in female-to-male transsexual patients that will be discussed here are
(1) subcutaneous mastectomy (SCM), which is frequently combined with a hysterectomy/ovariectomy
(2) actual genital transformation, which includes a vaginectomy, reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra (if isolated, metoidioplasty), scrotoplasty, and phalloplasty. A testicular prosthesis and/or an erection prosthesis can be implanted at a later stage
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Regarding the requirements for surgical treatments, it is widely suggested to follow the WPATH (World Professional Association of Transgender Health) Standards of Care (SOC)1. All hormonal therapy should be stopped 2 to 3 weeks before surgery.
