Transgender Health Program, Department of Urology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Transgender Health Program, Division of Plastic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
J Sex Med. 2018 Jun;15(6):902-906. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.03.085. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
BACKGROUND: Gender-affirming vaginoplasty aims to create the external female genitalia (vulva) as well as the internal vaginal canal; however, not all patients desire nor can safely undergo vaginal canal creation. AIM: Our objective is to describe the factors influencing patient choice or surgeon recommendation of vulvoplasty and to assess the patient's satisfaction with this choice. METHODS: Gender-affirming genital surgery consults were reviewed from March 2015 until December 2017, and patients scheduled for or who had completed vulvoplasty were interviewed by telephone. OUTCOMES: We report demographic data and the reasons for choosing vulvoplasty as gender-affirming surgery for patients who either completed or were scheduled for surgery, in addition to patient reports of satisfaction with choice of surgery, satisfaction with the surgery itself, and sexual activity after surgery. RESULTS: In total, 486 patients were seen in consultation for trans-feminine gender-affirming genital surgery: 396 requested vaginoplasty and 39 patients requested vulvoplasty. 30 Patients either completed or are scheduled for vulvoplasty. Vulvoplasty patients were older and had higher body mass index than those seeking vaginoplasty. The majority (63%) of the patients seeking vulvoplasty chose this surgery despite no contra-indications to vaginoplasty. The remaining patients had risk factors leading the surgeon to recommend vulvoplasty. Of those who completed surgery, 93% were satisfied with the surgery and their decision for vulvoplasty. CLINICAL TRANSLATION: Vulvoplasty creates the external appearance of female genitalia without creation of a neovaginal canal; it is associated with high satisfaction and low decision regret. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study of factors impacting a patient's choice of or a surgeon's recommendation for vulvoplasty over vaginoplasty as gender-affirming genital surgery; it also is the first reported series of patients undergoing vulvoplasty only. Limitations of this study include its retrospective nature, non-validated questions, short-term follow-up, and selection bias in how we offer vulvoplasty. Vulvoplasty is a form of gender-affirming feminizing surgery that does not involve creation of a neovagina, and it is associated with high satisfaction and low decision regret. Jiang D, Witten J, Berli J, et al. Does Depth Matter? Factors Affecting Choice of Vulvoplasty Over Vaginoplasty as Gender-Affirming Genital Surgery for Transgender Women. J Sex Med 2018;15:902-906.
背景:性别重置阴道成形术旨在创建外部女性生殖器(外阴)以及内部阴道通道;然而,并非所有患者都希望或能够安全地进行阴道通道的创建。
目的:我们的目的是描述影响患者选择或外科医生推荐阴阜成形术的因素,并评估患者对这种选择的满意度。
方法:回顾了 2015 年 3 月至 2017 年 12 月的性别重置生殖器手术咨询,并通过电话对计划接受或已完成阴阜成形术的患者进行了访谈。
结果:我们报告了接受跨女性化性别重置生殖器手术的患者的人口统计学数据以及选择阴阜成形术作为性别重置手术的原因,包括完成或计划接受手术的患者对手术选择的满意度、对手术本身的满意度以及手术后的性行为。
结论:这是第一项研究患者选择或外科医生推荐阴阜成形术而不是阴道成形术作为性别重置生殖器手术的因素的研究;这也是第一个报告仅接受阴阜成形术的患者的系列研究。本研究的局限性包括其回顾性、非验证性问题、短期随访以及我们提供阴阜成形术的选择偏差。阴阜成形术是一种不涉及新阴道形成的性别重置女性化手术,与高满意度和低决策后悔相关。
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