Just published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine:
"Surgical outcomes following gender affirming penile reconstruction"
jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-…
"Surgical outcomes following gender affirming penile reconstruction"
jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-…
"129 patients underwent genital reconstruction surgery... Patients reported 281 complications requiring 142 revisions."
The most common complications were:
urethrocutaneous fistula (40%)
urethral stricture (32%)
worsened mental health (19%).
The most common complications were:
urethrocutaneous fistula (40%)
urethral stricture (32%)
worsened mental health (19%).
"These results support anecdotal reports that complication rates following gender affirming genital reconstruction are higher than are commonly reported in the surgical literature."
That a significant portion of people undergoing surgery experience *worsened* mental health does not appear widely discussed.
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