ArticleJPRAS open2019
Metoidioplasty and groin flap phalloplasty as two surgical methods for the creation of a neophallus in female-to-male gender-confirming surgery: A retrospective study comprising 123 operated patients.
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- Reliability of suprapubic pedicled phalloplasty to address genital gender-affirming surgery in transgender men: A single-center cohort analysis.Andrology · 2026Article
- Navigating toward standardization: A systematic review mapping outcome measures in masculinizing genital gender affirming surgery.International journal of transgender health · 2026Review
- Surgical outcomes, motivations, sexuality, and urinary function of metoidioplasty with semi-rigid prosthesis.International journal of transgender health · 2025Article
- A Study on Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Assigned Female at Birth Patients Diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria Undergoing Vaginectomy.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Single versus two-stage phalloplasty for transgender female-to-male patients: a systematic review of the literature.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Review
- Overview on metoidioplasty: variants of the technique.International journal of impotence research · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundIn gender-confirming surgery of the female-to-male gender dysphoric patient, there is currently no ideal method for the creation of a neophallus. Historically, in our clinic, groin flap phalloplasty (GFP) has been the dominating method, but during the last 20 years, it has gradually been replaced with metoidioplasty (MP). The aim of this study was to investigate whether this change of method has influenced factors such as the frequency of complications and the number of operations needed to complete the reconstruction of the neophallus.
methodsThis is a retrospective, single-centre, study comprising 123 consecutive female-to-male patients receiving a neophallus by GFP or MP between 2002 and 2015 at Linköping University Hospital, Sweden.
resultsOne-hundred twenty-three patients underwent 126 primary surgical procedures (39 GFPs and 87 MPs) with the intention of reconstructing a neophallus. The mean number of procedures required in the GFP group was 5.2 ± 2.7 compared with that of 2.4 ± 1.7 in the MP group (
conclusionsThe present study shows that the shift in method from GFP to MP has resulted in a decreased number of complications as well as a decrease in total surgical occasions. Both methods were found to be associated with relatively high frequencies of complications, however, mostly minor.
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