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- Written by experts in the fields of urology, urogynecology, plastic surgery, endocrinology, pelvic floor therapy, and mental health care who have first-hand experience with transgender patients
- One of few texts on transgender care written specifically for the general urologist
- Includes clinical pearls and guidelines for urologists treating transgender patients post gender-affirmation surgery
This book is designed to familiarize general urologists with the care of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Written by experts in reconstructive urology, it characterizes the process of gender affirmation and explains the surgical anatomy of both feminizing and masculinizing gender-affirming procedures including vaginoplasty, orchiectomy, hysterectomy, vaginectomy, phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, and prosthetics. Guiding the clinician in identification of immediate and long-term risks of gender-affirming surgery, it instructs clinicians in endocrinological care, options for fertility preservation, evaluation of malignancies after hormonal therapy, appropriate postsurgical follow-up, and the management of common complications involving urethral stricture, fistula, neo-vaginal stenosis, and incontinence. Urological Care for the Transgender Patient: A Comprehensive Guide is a necessary tool to prepare urological clinics and clinicians in serving the growing population of transgender patients presenting at various stages of their transformation Table of Contents- 1 The Current State of Transgender Care
- 2 Decision-Making Challenges for Patients and Surgeons Regarding Genital Gender Affirming Surgery
- 3 Endocrinological Care for Patients Undergoing Gender Affirmation (including Risk of Thromboembolic Events)
- 4 Preoperative Preparation and Perioperative Considerations for Gender-affirming Genital Surgery
- 5 Surgical Anatomy: Orchiectomy and Fertility Preservation Options
- 6 Surgical Anatomy: Vaginoplasty
- 7 Complications of Vaginoplasty
- 8 Surgical Anatomy--Hysterectomy and Vaginectomy: Hysterectomy for the Transgender Man
- 9 Surgical Anatomy: Metoidioplasty
- 10 Surgical Anatomy: Phalloplasty
- 11 Management of Urologic Complications Following Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty
- 12 Prosthetics (Erectile Implant, Testicular Implants)
- 13 General Urological and Endourological Considerations in the Care for Transgender Patients (Catheters, Scopes, Haematuria, UTI, Stones, Surgical Positioning)
- 14 Care of the Transgender Patient: Oncological Concerns
- 15 Care of the Transgender Patient: Incontinence
- 16 The Role of Physical Therapy in the Care of the Transgender Patient
- 17 Regrets in Transgender Female: Reversal Phalloplasty
- 18 Robotic Applications in Gender Confirming Genital Surgery
- 19 Brief History of Gender Affirmation Medicine and Surgery
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