(1) Plastic Surgery, Bordighera-Milan IT, Bordighera, Italy This chapter has been translated with permission from Kurtis Editore srl. Original publication: L’ambiguità sessuale: evoluzione nei secoli dei criteri di giudizio…
Modified from Baldaro Verde and Graziottin [2] Satisfaction with the gender identity outcome depends on a number of variables that deserve the highest multidisciplinary consideration [2–6]. The most accurate evaluation…
Fig. 40.1 Physiological reproductive process in human beings Regular ovulation cycle. Production of viable gametes. Female: production of oocytes suitable for fertilisation and generation of a vital embryo. Male: production…
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Chlamydia trachomatis Treponema pallidum Trichomonas vaginalis Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) Human papillomavirus (HPV) Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis A virus (HAV) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Despite…
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2015Carlo Trombetta, Giovanni Liguori and Michele Bertolotto (eds.)Management of Gender Dysphoria10.1007/978-88-470-5696-1_38 38. Ethical Issues for the Practitioner Work in the Transgender Care Cristoforo Pomara1, 2 , Andrea Brincat2, Daniel Cassar2, Massimo Martelloni3, Emanuela Turillazzi1 and Stefano D’Errico3 (1) Department of…
Fig. 36.1a, b The final result after implantation of a three-piece inflatable penile prosthesis in the flaccid and in the erect state 36.5 Intraoperative Complications Intraoperative complications include inadvertent injury…
Testosterone Dosage range Disadvantages Oral Testosterone undecanoate 160–240 mg/day Variable clinical response Transbuccal Buccal tablets 30 mg twice daily Gum-related adverse effect Transdermal Testosterone gel 1 % 2.5–10 g/day Potential…
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2015Carlo Trombetta, Giovanni Liguori and Michele Bertolotto (eds.)Management of Gender Dysphoria10.1007/978-88-470-5696-1_23 23. Quality of Life After Sexual Reassignment Surgery Luigi Rolle1 , Carlo Ceruti1 , Massimiliano Timpano1 , Marco Falcone1 and Bruno Frea1 (1) Clinica Urologica, Università di Torino – Citta…
Regret may be defined as follows [6]: (a) definite regret (patient openly regrets SRS and has applied for retransformation to original sex), (b) some regret (indirectly expressed regret and signs…
Term Transsexualism, desire to change sex Gender identity disorder, transsexualism Gender identity disorder Gender dysphoria Time period of use <1975 1975–2013 1994–2013 2013– Realm in medicine Psychiatric symptoms, within schizophrenia…
