CH 1 History, Societal Attitudes, Contexts -- CH 2 Etiology of Gender Dysphoria -- CH 3 The Mental Health Assessment for Surgery -- CH 4 Primary Care for the Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patient -- CH 5 Hormone Therapy for Transgender Women -- CH 6 Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men -- CH 7 Medical Management of the Adolescent Individual with Gender Dysphoria -- Ch 8 Establishment of a Gender Confirmation Program -- CH 9 Male-to-Female Breast Augmentation and Body Contouring -- CH 10 The Importance of Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery -- CH 11 Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: Facial Feminization Surgery and Facial Masculinization Surgery -- CH 12 Fertility Preservation Options for Transgender Men Planning Hysterectomy -- CH 13 Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty -- CH 14 Intestinal Vaginoplasty -- CH 15 Female-to-Male Chest Reconstruction -- CH 16 Urethral Anatomy, Urethral Construction in Phalloplasty and Metoidioplasty -- CH 17 MLD Musculo-Cutaneous Latissimus Dorsi) Phalloplasty -- CH 18 Radial Forearm (RF) and Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) Phalloplasty Reconstruction -- CH 19 Management of Urethral Complications Following Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty -- CH 20 Strategies to Optomize Sexual Function After Genital Gender Affirming Surgery -- CH 21 Post Operative Care from the Primary Care Perspective -- CH 22 Religious Attitudes Toward Gender Confirmation Surgery -- CH 23 History of Gender Identity and Surgical Alteration of the Genitalia -- CH 24 Terminology, Spectrum of Gender Identity and Expression.

Gender confirming surgery represents one of many therapies for individuals with gender dysphoria and can be pivotal in allowing individuals to become their true selves. An emerging field, this text represents a continuing evolution of surgical techniques, as well as a framework around which surgical therapies are based. Providing a fundamental understanding of the surgical principles while also recognizing the fast-paced nature of the advances in technique, Gender Confirmation Surgery touches upon the challenges and complexities in the surgical care of transgender individuals, featuring detailed sections for transwomen and transmen surgeries, non-surgical options, and establishing educational programs. Written as a guide primarily for surgeons in plastics, urology, and gynecology, this book can also appeal to primary care practitioners, mental health professionals, and endocrinologists. By representing an evolution of technique and advances in the field, Gender Confirmation Surgery offers a framework around which practitioners can familiarize themselves with gender surgery.