The history of surgery in disorders of sexual development.
@article{Buyukunal2020TheHO, title={The history of surgery in disorders of sexual development.}, author={C. Buyukunal and Kristen A. Zeller and Ş. Emre and D. Nakayama}, journal={Journal of pediatric surgery}, year={2020} }
Disorders of sexual development (DSD) have been documented throughout human history with fascination. Healers of all cultures have struggled to explain, and later correct with surgery, the physical manifestations of DSD. DSD was portrayed in the mythology, legends, and art of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, Babylonians, and Egyptians. Techniques of feminizing genitoplasties date to the time of Celsus in the time of Christ. Acceptable operative therapy for feminine phenotypes of DSD came… Expand
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