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Do Surgical Interventions Influence Psychosexual and Cosmetic Outcomes in Women with Disorders of Sex Development?
Joint Authors
Beerendonk, Catharina M.
Cools, Martine
Drop, Stenvert L. S.
Dessens, Arianne B.
Wolffenbuttel, Katja P.
van der Zwan, Yvonne G.
Callens, Nina
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Clinical practice developed to promote psychosexual well-being in DSD is under scrutiny.
Although techniques for genital surgery have much improved lately, long-term studies on psychosexual functioning and cosmetic outcome on which to base treatment and counseling are scarce.
We studied 91 women with a DSD.
Feminizing surgery was performed in 64% of the women; in 60% of them, resurgery in puberty was needed after a single-stage procedure.
Both patients and gynecologists were satisfied with the cosmetic appearance of the genitalia.
However, forty percent of these females experienced sexuality-related distress and 66% was at risk for developing a sexual dysfunction, whether they had surgery or not.
Recognizing the difficulty of accurate assessment, our data indicate that feminizing surgery does not seem to improve nor hamper psychosexual outcome, especially in patients with severe virilization.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Callens, Nina& van der Zwan, Yvonne G.& Drop, Stenvert L. S.& Cools, Martine& Beerendonk, Catharina M.& Wolffenbuttel, Katja P.…[et al.]. 2012. Do Surgical Interventions Influence Psychosexual and Cosmetic Outcomes in Women with Disorders of Sex Development?. ISRN Endocrinology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459672
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Callens, Nina…[et al.]. Do Surgical Interventions Influence Psychosexual and Cosmetic Outcomes in Women with Disorders of Sex Development?. ISRN Endocrinology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Callens, Nina& van der Zwan, Yvonne G.& Drop, Stenvert L. S.& Cools, Martine& Beerendonk, Catharina M.& Wolffenbuttel, Katja P.…[et al.]. Do Surgical Interventions Influence Psychosexual and Cosmetic Outcomes in Women with Disorders of Sex Development?. ISRN Endocrinology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-459672
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-459672