Quality of life 15 years after sex reassignment surgery for transsexualism

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kuhn, Annette ^a   Bodmer, Christine ^a   Stadlmayr, Werner ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^a   Mueller, Michael D ^a   Birkhäuser, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

long term results; patients' satisfaction; Quality of life; sex reassignment operation; transsexuals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SLEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSSEXUALISM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSSEXUALISM; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 70350568312     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.126     Document Type: Article

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