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Obstetrics & Gynecology 2007;110:1096-1101
© 2007 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Female-to-Male Transsexuals

Katherine A. O’Hanlan, MD1, Suzanne L. Dibble, DNSc, RN2 and Mindy Young-Spint, MD3

From 1Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Palo Alto, California; 2University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and 3University of California at Davis, Davis, California.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of laparoscopic hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, and incidental appendectomy for female-to-male transsexuals with those of female patients.

METHODS: Retrospective chart abstraction of all patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and appendectomy since September 1996. Significance from analysis of covariance or {chi}2 was set at .05.

RESULTS: Five hundred ninety-three patients underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and appendectomy. Forty-one were identified as transsexual, 552 as females. The transsexuals were significantly younger (mean 32 years compared with 51 years, median 32 years compared with 49 years, P<.001), with lower parity (mean 0.05 pregnancies compared with 1.34 pregnancies, median 0 pregnancies compared with 1 pregnancy, P<.001), yet had similar body mass index and height. Transsexuals’ surgeries had shorter operating times (mean 74 minutes compared with 120 minutes, median 57.5 minutes compared with 116 minutes, P<.001), with less blood loss (mean 27 mL compared with 107 mL, median 20 mL compared with 50 mL, P<.001) and lower uterine weight (mean 118 g compared with 167 g, median 89 g compared with 140.5 g, P<.001). The total complication rates (12.2% compared with 8.3%), as well as the reoperative complication rates (4.9% compared with 4.3%) were not significantly different.

CONCLUSION: Total laparoscopic hysterectomy offers appropriate surgical outcomes for those patients identifying themselves as transsexual.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III






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