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Is the neopenis always circumcised?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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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Do you use mons pubis fat to fill the scrotum instead of implants?

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No, we use silicone testicular implants, which are approved by European Society for Aesthetic and Reconstructive surgery.

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Do you create one sac or two sac scrotum?

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Whenever it is possible we create one sac scrotum, but if there is no available skin for the one sac scrotoplasty, it…