Monday, 11 May 2009
SRS Results
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/05/srs-results.htmlA comment by Priya Lynn in the box turtle bulletin that is just too good not to quote entire (with a few links changed, one added, and some references cleared up).
From Alas, a Blog : Does sexual reassignment surgery work? from as far back as 2003:
The most comprehensive study of post-SRS outcomes is "Sex Reassignment. Thirty Years of International Follow-up Studies" by Friedemann Pfaefflin and Astrid Junge (1992 in German, English translation 1998). Pfaefflin and Junge used data from over 70 studies, in total considering the outcomes of over 2000 patients from 13 countries. They found that outcomes - measured in terms of "subjective satisfaction; mental stability; socioeconomic functioning; and partnership and sexual experience" - of SRS are generally positive. Overall, 71% of male-to-female (MTF) and 90% of female-to-male (FTM) operations had positive results. When they limited their sample only to more recent patients (who benefited from improvements in techniques and procedures over the decades), the results were positive for 87% of MTFs and 97% for FTMs.
That study is now over 10 years old and two more recent studies have shown 100% satisfaction rates:
