The Importance of Surgical Sex Reassignment in TheOpinion of Female-To-Male Transsexuals.

Abstract

<br><b>Introduction:</b> The term transsexualism determines people whose gender identity is contrary to their genetic sex and physical features. This condition leads to a discrepancy between the psychological gender preferred by transsexuals and their biological sex. Transsexuals experience a feeling of being incarcerated in a foreign body and therefore wish to alter their sex by hormone therapy and surgical treatment.</br><br><b>Aim:</b> The aim of this study is to describe the opinions of female-to-male transsexuals concerning sex reassignment surgery with selecting the most important stage.</br><br><b>Method:</b> The questionnaire studies were performed among a group of 82 female-to-male transsexuals with a mean age 25.2 years. Patients were at different stages of treatment. Results: More than 90% of the questionnaired transsexuals expect to complete their treatment with hope. For 86.6% of transsexuals, the most important stage in surgical treatment is the phalloplasty, the second panhysterectomy (70.7%), and the third breast reduction (69.5%).</br><br><b>Conclusions:</b> Phalloplasty is the most important stage in sex reassignment surgery in the opinion of transsexuals. Each stage of treatment improves the mental comfort of female-to-male transsexuals.</br&gt.