BookLoren S. Schechter, editor.
Summary: Gender confirming surgery represents one of many therapies for individuals with gender dysphoria and can be pivotal in allowing individuals to become their true selves. An emerging field, this text represents a continuing evolution of surgical techniques, as well as a framework around which surgical therapies are based. Providing a fundamental understanding of the surgical principles while also recognizing the fast-paced nature of the advances in technique, Gender Confirmation Surgery touches upon the challenges and complexities in the surgical care of transgender individuals, featuring detailed sections for transwomen and transmen surgeries, non-surgical options, and establishing educational programs. Written as a guide primarily for surgeons in plastics, urology, and gynecology, this book can also appeal to primary care practitioners, mental health professionals, and endocrinologists. By representing an evolution of technique and advances in the field, Gender Confirmation Surgery offers a framework around which practitioners can familiarize themselves with gender surgery.
Contents:
CH 1 History, Societal Attitudes, Contexts
CH 2 Etiology of Gender Dysphoria
CH 3 The Mental Health Assessment for Surgery
CH 4 Primary Care for the Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patient
CH 5 Hormone Therapy for Transgender Women
CH 6 Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men
CH 7 Medical Management of the Adolescent Individual with Gender Dysphoria
Ch 8 Establishment of a Gender Confirmation Program
CH 9 Male-to-Female Breast Augmentation and Body Contouring
CH 10 The Importance of Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery
CH 11 Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: Facial Feminization Surgery and Facial Masculinization Surgery
CH 12 Fertility Preservation Options for Transgender Men Planning Hysterectomy
CH 13 Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty
CH 14 Intestinal Vaginoplasty
CH 15 Female-to-Male Chest Reconstruction
CH 16 Urethral Anatomy, Urethral Construction in Phalloplasty and Metoidioplasty
CH 17 MLD Musculo-Cutaneous Latissimus Dorsi) Phalloplasty
CH 18 Radial Forearm (RF) and Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) Phalloplasty Reconstruction
CH 19 Management of Urethral Complications Following Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty
CH 20 Strategies to Optomize Sexual Function After Genital Gender Affirming Surgery
CH 21 Post Operative Care from the Primary Care Perspective
CH 22 Religious Attitudes Toward Gender Confirmation Surgery
CH 23 History of Gender Identity and Surgical Alteration of the Genitalia
CH 24 Terminology, Spectrum of Gender Identity and Expression.