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.