Gender reassignment surgery in male-to-female transsexualism: A retrospective 3-month follow-up study with anatomical remarks

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1635-1644

  Jarolím, Ladislav ^a   Šedý, Jiří ^b   Schmidt, Marek ^a   Naňka, Ondřej ^a   Foltán, René ^a   Kawaciuk, Ivan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Male to female transsexualism; Sex reassignment surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; ORGASM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URETHRA SURGERY; URETHRAL BLEEDING; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 66749127206     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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