Long-Term Follow-Up of Individuals Undergoing Sex-Reassignment Surgery: Somatic Morbidity and Cause of Death

Long-Term Follow-Up of Individuals Undergoing Sex-Reassignment Surgery: Somatic Morbidity and Cause of Death

Introduction: Studies of mortality and somatic well-being after sex-reassignment surgery (SRS) of transsexual individuals are equivocal. Accordingly, the present study investigated mortality and somatic morbidity using a sample of transsexual individuals who comprised 98% (n = 104) of all surgically...

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Main Authors: Rikke Kildevæld Simonsen, MA, Gert Martin Hald, PhD, Ellids Kristensen, MD, FECSM, Annamaria Giraldi, PhD, MD, FECSM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016-03-01
Series:Sexual Medicine
Subjects:
Follow-Up
Gender Identity Disorder
Somatic Morbidity
Sex-Reassignment Surgery
Transsexualism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205011611600009X

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