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Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

  • 1st Edition - April 16, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Gennaro Selvaggi, Miroslav L Djordjevic
  • Language: English

Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty is a novel reference of the latest research on those who present with Gender Dysphoria and desire surgery. The book describes the history of Gender Af… Read more

Description

Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty is a novel reference of the latest research on those who present with Gender Dysphoria and desire surgery. The book describes the history of Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty (GAV), including social, legal, and ethical aspects of GAV, and explains updated Standards of Care. Users will find sections on preparation for surgery, different surgical techniques available (inclusive with the most recent developments), surgical results and complications, ways to solve complications, and finally, surgical procedures for persons who are requesting nonbinary genital surgery, and for those who are requesting reversal surgery.

This is an unprecedented resource for all surgeons from various specialties already involved in gender-affirmative surgery and colleagues interested to gain state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in this field included plastic surgeons, urologists and gynecologists. Gender centers and trainees, scientists, researchers in transgender health, and organizations involved in trans health.

Key features

  • Presents state-of-the-art knowledge on gender affirming vaginoplasty
  • Written by top expert clinicians and well-published researchers in the field
  • Includes step-by-step guidance on how to perform a specific procedure (often accompanied by images)
  • Includes cutting edge technology such as use of Robots in Gender Affirming Peritoneal Vaginoplasty
  • Provides comprehensive knowledge that will be useful to improve the practice of any practitioner who administers gender-affirming-vaginoplasty

Readership

Practicing surgeons performing gender affirmation vaginoplasty Institutions providing gender affirming care Plastic surgeons, urologists, gynecologists not performing gender affirming vaginoplasty

Table of contents

1. History of gender affirming vaginoplasty

2. The impact of the 8th version of WPATH Standards of Care on Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

3. Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: Cultural Aspects

4. Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: Ethical and Legal Aspects

5. Orchiectomy

6. Peri-operative psychological support during Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

7. Patients’ preparation to Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

8. Cavity dissection in Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: a urologist’s approach

9. Cavity dissection in Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: a plastic surgeon’s approach
Or functional outcomes

10. Cavity dissection: personal approach

11. Scrotal flap and skin grafts in gender affirming vaginoplasty

12. Zero-depth Vaginoplasty

13. Cosmetic aspects in Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

14. Bowel Vaginoplasty in Gender Affirming Surgery

15. Peritoneal Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

16. Use of Robot in Gender Affirming Peritoneal Vaginoplasty

17. Complications following Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty: review of the literature

18. Solving Complications
Following Gender Affirming Surgery: personal experience

19. Recto-vaginal fistula

20. Sexual Health (and Sexual wellbeing?)

21. Pelvic Floor Physical Support for Trans Women undergoing Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty'

22. Surgery for non-binary people AMAB

23. Reversal surgery:
Vaginoplasty after phalloplasty; phalloplasty after vaginoplasty

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 30, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

GS

Gennaro Selvaggi

Dr. Selvaggi, Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery, PhD on Gender Affirming Procedure (Ghent, 2010), and currently directing the Gender Unit at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. He published circa 70 titles in peer reviewed manuscripts (circa half of those are related to Gender Affirming Care) and 9 book chapters (all specific on gender affirming surgical procedures).
Affiliations and expertise
University of Gothenburg, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

MD

Miroslav L Djordjevic

Dr Miroslav L Djordjevic is a Professor of Urology and Surgery at the School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. The main field of his multidisciplinary work is urogenital reconstructive surgery, encompassing treatment of all anomalies of the genital system, regardless of gender or age. Professor Djordjevic has been multiply awarded for his comprehensive scientific work. He is the Editor of many leading Journals and Books, and a member of all relevant international associations in the field of urology and genital reconstructive surgery. Professor Djordjevic has been invited lecturer and Visiting Professor on many universities all around the world. As a member of humanitarian societies, he actively participated in humanitarian missions over the world. Finally, he is the founder and leader of Belgrade Center for Genital Reconstructive Surgery, which is chosen as a fellowship program center by 20-30 foreign colleagues every year. He is the former President of GURS (Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Society). From 2019, Professor Djordjevic joined Urology Department, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, United States. From 2022 he is a gender affirming consultant surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.

Affiliations and expertise
Belgrade Center for Genitouronary Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States

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