Structured Summary
Abstract
Surgical procedure(s) by which a person's physical appearance and functional abilities are changed to align with their identified gender.
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Synonyms
10 entry terms
- Gender Affirming Surgery
- Gender Change Surgery
- Gender Confirmation Surgery
- Gender Reassignment Surgery
- Gender-Affirmation Surgery
- Sex Reassignment Surgery
- Confirmation Surgery, Gender
- Gender Change Surgeries
- Gender Confirmation Surgeries
- Gender Reassignment Surgeries
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Aspects Covered
16 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, rehabilitation, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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History Note
2025 (2011)
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Previous Indexing
- Transsexualism/surgery (1968-2010)
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WO 620
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gender-Affirming Surgery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057830. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057830
- Gender-Affirming Surgery. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-affirming_surgery
- Gender-Affirming Surgery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053501