Implantation of erectile prosthesis is complicated, study finds

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 11:28 in Health & Medicine

The final step in the multidisciplinary approach of gender reassignment therapy in female-to-male transsexuals consists of the construction of a neophallus to allow the patient to void while standing and to have sexual experience after he is accustomed to his new voiding abilities. A new retrospective study evaluates the outcome in 129 female-to-male transsexuals after implantation of a hydraulic erectile prosthesis.

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