ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2019
Quality of Life Following Male-To-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery.
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- Voices from a Multidisciplinary Healthcare Center: Understanding Barriers in Gender-Affirming Care-A Qualitative Exploration.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Quality of Life, Self-Esteem, and Depression Among Thai Transgender Women Before and After Male-to-Female Gender Confirmation Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Observational Study.Sexual medicine · 2022Article
- Gender Affirming Body Contouring and Physical Transformation in Transgender Individuals.Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India · 2022Review
- Anatomical and sexual health considerations among transfeminine individuals who have undergone vaginoplasty: A review.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of persons who are born with primary and secondary male sexual characteristics but feel that they are female (trans women) is ca. 5.48 per 100 000 males in Germany. In this article, we provide a detailed overview of the currently available data on quality of life after male-to-female sex reassignment surgery.
methodsThis review is based on publications retrieved by a systematic literature search that was carried out in the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases in March 2017.
resultsThe 13 articles (11 quantitative and 2 mixed quantitative/qualitative studies) that were found to be suitable for inclusion in this review contained information on 1101 study participants. The number of trans women in each study ranged from 3 to 247. Their mean age was 39.9 years (range: 18-76). Seven different questionnaires were used to assess postoperative quality of life. The findings of the studies permit the conclusion that sex reassignment surgery beneficially affects emotional well- being, sexuality, and quality of life in general. In other categories (e.g., "freedom from pain", "fitness", and "energy"), some of the studies revealed worsening after the operation. All of the studies were judged to be at moderate to high risk of bias. The drop-out rates, insofar as they were given, ranged from 12% to 77% (median: 56%).
conclusionCurrent studies indicate that quality of life improves after sex reassign- ment surgery. The available studies are heterogeneous in design. In the future, prospective studies with standardized methods of assessing quality of life and with longer follow-up times would be desirable.
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