Medicine:Vulvoplasty
Vulvoplasty, also known as zero-depth vaginoplasty,[1] is a plastic surgery procedure for altering the appearance of one's vulva or constructing a vulva from penile and scrotal tissue (a neovulva).
Surgery
Reasons for vulvoplasty
Women with congenital disorders or women post-vulvectomy or with genital trauma may receive vulvoplasty for medical reasons.
Women who experience vulvar discomfort may also receive vulvoplasty.
Gender-affirming surgery
In gender-affirming surgery, some male-to-female transgender patients receive vulvoplasty without vaginoplasty to reconstruct the exterior of female genitalia.[2]
During clitoroplasty, a clitoris is made from the tissue of the glans penis.[3]
Labiaplasty can be performed as a discrete surgery, or as a subordinate procedure within a vaginoplasty.[4] The labia minora are typically constructed from genital skin and the labia majora using skin from the scrotum.[3]
The urinary meatus in trans women is created by shortening the urethra and positioning it above the neovagina in such a way that the urine will descend downward while urinating in a seated position.[5]
References
- ↑ Ferrando, Cecile A. (June 2023). "Updates on feminizing genital affirmation surgery (vaginoplasty) techniques" (in en). Neurourology and Urodynamics 42 (5): 931–938. doi:10.1002/nau.25088. ISSN 0733-2467. PMID 36423307. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nau.25088.
- ↑ Bellringer 2017, p. 249.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Koch, Anne L. (2019). It Never Goes Away: Gender Transition at a Mature Age. Rutgers University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-81359-839-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=BXCCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89.
- ↑ "Current trends in vaginal labioplasty: a survey of plastic surgeons". Ann Plast Surg 68 (2): 125–34. February 2012. doi:10.1097/SAP.0b013e31820d6867. PMID 21346521.
- ↑ Buckley, Jill (2022). Urologic Reconstructive Surgery, An Issue of Urologic Clinics, E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-32398-794-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=QgKBEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA439.
- Bellringer, J (2017). "Genital surgery". in Barrett, J. Transsexual and Other Disorders of Gender Identity: A Practical Guide to Management. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Publishing. pp. 209–220. ISBN 9781498793131.
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