European Urology February issue: Implantation of erectile prosthesis is complica

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European Urology February issue: Implantation of erectile prosthesis is complicated
E Science News
19 January, 2010


http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/19/european.urology.february.issue.implantation.erectile.prosthesis.complicated


The final step in the multidisciplinary approach of gender reassignment therapy in female-to-male transsexuals consists of the construction of a neophallus to allow the patient to void while standing and to have sexual experience after he is accustomed to his new voiding abilities. The main limiting factor is that there is no good substitute for the unique erectile tissue of the penis. The largest retrospective study by Hoebeke et al. evaluates the outcome in 129 female-to-male transsexuals after implantation of a hydraulic erectile prosthesis. The article is the largest retrospective study of female-to-male transsexuals with implantation of inflatable prosthesis into neophallus.