Transmasculine gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is technically challenging, and in the past associated with a high but improving complication rate. Few surgical centers are performing this surgery, which can include metoidioplasty and phalloplasty, and patients often travel great distances for their surgery.
While many will continue care with their original surgeons, others cannot due to social/geographic factors, or because emergencies arise. Thus, patients may seek care with their local urologist for relief of delayed complications, the most common of which include urethral stricture, penile prosthesis issues and urethrocutaneous fistula. This review will discuss the surgical elements behind metoidioplasty and phalloplasty, and the diagnosis and treatment for the most common postoperative issues.
Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology. 2019 Nov 04 [Epub ahead of print]
Min S Jun, Curtis N Crane, Richard A Santucci
Reconstructive Urology and Trauma, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA - ., Crane Center for Transgender Surgery, Austin, TX, USA.