Surgery
Findings from Ghent University, Department of Plastic Surgery in surgery reported
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, May 24th, 2007
Data detailed in "Genital sensitivity after sex reassignment surgery in transsexual patients" have been presented. According to a study from Gent, Belgium, "Tactile and erogenous sensitivity in reconstructed genitals is one of the goals in sex reassignment surgery. Since November 1993 until April 2003, a total of 105 phalloplasties with the radial forearm free flap and 127 vaginoclitoridoplasties with the inverted penoscrotal skin flap and the dorsal glans pedicled flap have been performed at Ghent University Hospital."
"The specific surgical tricks used to preserve genital and tactile sensitivity are presented.In phalloplasty, the dorsal hood of the clitoris is...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-05-24)
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