Robotic single-site surgery for female-to-male transsexuals: preliminary experience

ScientificWorldJournal. 2014:2014:674579. doi: 10.1155/2014/674579. Epub 2014 Apr 10.

Abstract

Hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is a part of gender reassignment surgery for the treatment of female-to-male transsexualism. Over the last years many efforts were made in order to reduce invasiveness of laparoscopic and robotic surgery such as the introduction of single-site approach. We report our preliminary experience on single-site robotic hysterectomy for cross-sex reassignment surgery. Our data suggest that single-site robotic hysterectomy is feasible and safe in female-to-male transsexualism with some benefits in terms of postoperative pain and aesthetic results.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sex Reassignment Surgery* / adverse effects
  • Sex Reassignment Surgery* / methods
  • Transsexualism*
  • Young Adult