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Chapter 34 - Prevention and Management of Neovaginal Stenosis and Other Related Complications of Vaginoplasty

from Section G - Screening and Prophylaxis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2022

By
Kelsey Mumford ,
Rixt AC Luikenaar  and
Richard A. Santucci
Edited by
Mick van Trotsenburg ,
Rixt A. C. Luikenaar  and
Maria Cristina Meriggiola
Mick van Trotsenburg
Affiliation:
Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität, Wien
Rixt A. C. Luikenaar
Affiliation:
Rebirth Health Center, Utah
Maria Cristina Meriggiola
Affiliation:
Università di Bologna
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Summary

Neovaginal stenosis is one of the most reported complications of vaginoplasty. In this chapter, we review methods to prevent this complication during penile inversion vaginoplasty and the potential use of experimental techniques like biomaterials to avoid its development. Surgical and nonsurgical repair options are outlined for patients who experience neovaginal stenosis after vaginoplasty, as well as solutions to other potential postoperative complications that can arise after the procedure. These include dehiscence, postoperative bleeding, fistula formation, urinary symptoms, unique complications following intestinal vaginoplasty, and chronic pain.

Keywords

male-to-femaleMTFvaginoplastygenital gender-affirming surgeryGASgender-confirmation surgerygender dysphoriacomplicationsbottom surgery
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Context, Principles and Practice of TransGynecology
Managing Transgender Patients in ObGyn Practice
 , pp. 251 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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