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Is the neopenis always circumcised?

January 12, 2021

Circumcision is done according to the patient’s preference. But, whenever there is no skin available to make the whole reconstruction of the…

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Where do you harvest buccal mucosa graft from?

January 12, 2021

The buccal mucosa graft is harvested from the inner cheek and defect is closed with resorbable running suture.

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Do you do urinal hook up with metoidioplasty?

January 12, 2021

We create the urethral meatus to be at the glans of the neopenis. We perform the urethral lengthening completely.

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How do you create the urethra?

January 12, 2021

We create urethra using combined buccal mucosa graft together with the available genital skin flaps originated whether from labia minora or dorsal…

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What is the size of the testicle prostheses that you use?

January 12, 2021

We usually use medium size of the testicle prostheses (about 18cc) due to better appearance of the new external genitals. The medium…

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Is mons resection included in the Metoidioplasty package?

January 12, 2021

No, it is not normally included, and in some patients due to preservation of the vascularisation of neopenis and scrotal skin, I…

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