Biomaterial Database

[Construction of a neo-clitoris in male-to-female transsexuals]. 1990

L von Szalay

Frankfurter Klinik für Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie.

To preserve the ability of orgasm in male-to-female transsexuals we retain the glans-penis and the corpus cavernosum urethrae as a unit. The glans-penis will be placed into the anterior wall of the neo-vagina under the symphysis as the neo-clitoris.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010413	Penis	The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.	Glans Penis,Penis, Glans
D002987	Clitoris	An erectile structure homologous with the penis, situated beneath the anterior labial commissure, partially hidden between the anterior ends of the labia minora.
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013518	Surgery, Plastic	The branch of surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, or improvement of defective, damaged, or missing structures.	Cosmetic Surgery,Esthetic Surgery,Plastic Surgery,Surgery, Cosmetic,Surgery, Esthetic,Reconstructive Surgery,Surgery, Reconstructive
D014189	Transsexualism	Expression of a GENDER IDENTITY inconsistent with, or not culturally-associated with the gender assigned to an individual at birth, combined with the desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify.	Gender Fluidity,Transexualism,Transgenderism,Fluidity, Gender,Gender Fluidities,Transexualisms