Postphalloplasty urinary function test: an observational study of novel outcome instrument to capture urinary dysfunction and quality of life after phalloplasty.

James L Liu, Lauren Eisenbeis, Stephanie Preston, Arthur L Burnett, Heather N DiCarlo, Devin Coon

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Observational study in Asian journal of andrology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

The Evolution of Phalloplasty for Masculinizing Gender Affirming Surgery: A Systematic Review of Surgical Techniques and Complications Over the Past 25 Years.Microsurgery · 2026
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

James L LiuThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Lauren EisenbeisDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Stephanie PrestonDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75370, USA.

Arthur L BurnettThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Heather N DiCarloThe James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Devin CoonDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to growing social acceptance, there has been an increasing number of gender-affirmation surgeries performed in North America. Most research in this patient population focuses on surgical outcomes and advancing techniques. However, little work has been done to study functional outcomes. To better evaluate urinary dysfunction in the postphalloplasty trans men patient population, our group developed a novel patient-reported outcome instrument - the postphalloplasty urinary function test (PP UFT) and protocol to measure postvoid urethral volume (PVUR), and we present our preliminary results. We conducted a cross-sectional pilot study in a cohort of 15 adult trans men who had undergone phalloplasty with urethral lengthening surgery between 2018 and 2021. Patients had stable urinary function via the neophallus at the time of survey. Patients filled out the PP UFT and were asked to record their PVUR as per our protocol. The average PP UFT score was 8.9 out of 40 and the average quality-of-life (QOL) score was 2.6. Postvoid dribbling constituted the major complaint and on average comprised 63.2% of the reported PP UFT score. The average PVUR was 2.2 ml (range: 0.5-5.6 ml). There was a positive correlation between higher PP UFT and worse-reported quality of life (P < 0.01; R

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Gender-Affirming SurgeryQuality of LifeAdultCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMalePilot ProjectsUrethragender affirmationgender surgeryphalloplastypostvoid urethral residualurethral lengtheningurinary dysfunction

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PMID35229758

DOI10.4103/aja2021110

PMCPMC9809483

OpenAlexW4213101638

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