Evaluation of surgical procedures for sex reassignment: a systematic review

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-306

  Sutcliffe, P A ^a   Dixon, S ^a   Akehurst, R L ^a   Wilkinson, A ^a   Shippam, A ^a   White, S ^b   Richards, R ^c   Caddy, C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based research; Female to male; Gender reassignment surgery; Male to female; Transsexism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLITORIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MASTECTOMY; MEDLINE; MICTURITION; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS AMPUTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETHROPLASTY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 60449092064     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.12.009     Document Type: Review

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