Genital feminine affirming surgery may be an important step for transgender women. Vaginoplasty consists in the creation of external female genitalia and an operational vaginal cavity, and thus responds to major functional and aesthetic issues. Different techniques are available: inversion of penile skin flap for creation of the vulva. The vaginal cavity may come from scrotal skin graft, sigmoid segment, small intestine, or peritoneal flap. Vaginoplasty has a major place in the the transgender woman pathway, but the specific evaluation of long-term sexuality has not been explored so far. Multicentric (Lyon, FR - Lille, FR - Limoges, FR), prospective, observational study Patients who underwent vaginoplasty or revision vaginoplasty. Main objective: To assess sexuality after sex reassignment surgery in transgender women.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
158
Validated questionnaire : Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Female Genital Self-Imaging Scale (FGSIS), Body Image Scale (BIS), Non-validated questionnaire exploring post-surgery satisfaction, self-esteem scale, sexology.
Lille University Hospital
Lille, France
Limoges University Hospital
Limoges, France
Lyon South Hospital
Lyon, France
evaluation of FSFI : Female Sexual Function Index
specific questionnaire scale
Time frame: At inclusion
evaluation of FGSIS : Female Genital Self Imaging Scale
specific questionnaire scale
Time frame: At inclusion
evaluation of BIS : Body Image Scale
specific questionnaire scale
Time frame: At inclusion
evaluation of Rosenberg Self-esteem scale
specific questionnaire scale
Time frame: At inclusion
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