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Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: A Protocol for Diagnosis, Surgical Planning, and Postoperative Management
Luis Capitán1, Javier Gutiérrez Santamaría1, Daniel Simon1
1From the FACIALTEAM Surgical Group, HC Marbella International Hospital; the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine; and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Abstract:
During the past 10 years, academic publications that address facial feminization surgery have largely examined the technical aspects of the different surgical procedures involved and clinical evaluations of postoperative results. This Special Topic article focuses on aspects that are underdeveloped to date but useful with regard to taking the correct therapeutic approach to transgender patients who are candidates for facial gender confirmation surgery. The authors propose a protocolized sequence, from the clinical evaluation to the postoperative period, based on a sample size of more than 1300 trans feminine patients, offering facial gender confirmation surgery specialists standardized guidelines to handle their patients' needs in a way that is both objective and reproducible.
