Phantom erectile penis after sex reassignment surgery.
@article{Namba2008PhantomEP,
title={Phantom erectile penis after sex reassignment surgery.},
author={Yuzaburo Namba and Narushi Sugiyama and Shuji Yamashita and Eijiro Tokuyama and Kenjiro Hasegawa and Yoshihiro Kimata},
journal={Acta medica Okayama},
year={2008},
volume={62 3},
pages={
213-6
}
}Between January 2001 and December 2007, we performed vaginoplasty as sex reassignment surgery in a total of 14 male-to-female transsexual (MTFTS) patients [1]. Several complications occurred such as partial flap necrosis, rectovaginal fistula formation and hypersensitivity of the neoclitoris. Just after the operation, some patients feel that their penises still exist, but by several weeks postoperatively, this sensation has disappeared. Herein we report a case of MTFTS in whom the sensation of…
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