Sex Conversion Surgery in a Man With Severe Gender Dysphoria
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 33 (6) , 751-753
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1976.01770060071010
Abstract
• Although hundreds of "sex transformation" operations have been performed, little is known about the long-term postoperative adjustment. Available outcome data suggest that sex reassignment surgery in male patients is followed by a better social as well as inner adjustment in the vast majority, at least for the first several years after surgery. Surprisingly, only a handful of cases with poor outcomes have been reported. This report concerns a 53-year-old biological male with a lifelong gender dysphoria who, although subjectively pleased with the surgery, developed a paranoid psychosis five years after sex conversion surgery.Keywords
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