Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty is a novel reference of the latest research on those who present with Gender Dysphoria and desire surgery. The book describes the history of Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty (GAV), including social, legal, and ethical aspects of GAV, and explains updated Standards of Care. Users will find sections on preparation for surgery, different surgical techniques available (inclusive with the most recent developments), surgical results and complications, ways to solve complications, and finally, surgical procedures for persons who are requesting nonbinary genital surgery, and for those who are requesting reversal surgery.

This is an unprecedented resource for all surgeons from various specialties already involved in gender-affirmative surgery and colleagues interested to gain state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in this field included plastic surgeons, urologists and gynecologists. Gender centers and trainees, scientists, researchers in transgender health, and organizations involved in trans health.

• Presents state-of-the-art knowledge on gender affirming vaginoplasty
• Written by top expert clinicians and well-published researchers in the field
• Includes step-by-step guidance on how to perform a specific procedure (often accompanied by images)
• Includes cutting edge technology such as use of Robots in Gender Affirming Peritoneal Vaginoplasty
• Provides comprehensive knowledge that will be useful to improve the practice of any practitioner who administers gender-affirming-vaginoplasty

1. History of gender affirming vaginoplasty
2. The impact of the 8th version of WPATH Standards of Care on Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty
3. Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: Cultural Aspects
4. Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: Ethical and Legal Aspects
5. Orchiectomy
6. Peri-operative psychological support during Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty
7. Patients’ preparation to Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty
8. Cavity dissection in Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: a urologist’s approach
9. Cavity dissection in Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: a plastic surgeon’s approach
Or functional outcomes
10. Cavity dissection: personal approach
11. Scrotal flap and skin grafts in gender affirming vaginoplasty
12. Zero-depth Vaginoplasty
13. Cosmetic aspects in Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty
14. Bowel Vaginoplasty in Gender Affirming Surgery
15. Peritoneal Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty
16. Use of Robot in Gender Affirming Peritoneal Vaginoplasty
17. Complications following Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: review of the literature
18. Solving Complications
Following Gender Affirming Surgery: personal experience
19. Recto-vaginal fistula
20. Sexual Health (and Sexual wellbeing?)
21. Pelvic Floor Physical Support for Trans Women undergoing Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty'
22. Surgery for non-binary people AMAB
23. Reversal surgery:
Vaginoplasty after phalloplasty; phalloplasty after vaginoplasty

Edited by Gennaro Selvaggi, University of Gothenburg, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden and Miroslav L Djordjevic, Belgrade Center for Genitouronary Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.

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