Posted on 04/14/2023 7:24:02 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Transgender surgery is a burgeoning field in urology and, with nearly 700,000 people in the United States alone identifying as transgender, this represents a significant unmet patient need. Although the field is new and encompasses both plastic surgery and urology, urologists are more familiar with the anatomy (both male and female) than any other specialty.
Thus, they are uniquely positioned to play a key role in the surgical management of transgender patients. It is very likely that there will soon be transgender surgical fellowships in the future. Work by these surgeons and others will, hopefully, ensure that these fellowships remain within the purview of urology. Commentary on each video is provided by Lee Zhao, MD, assistant professor of urology at New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, and by 'Y'tube Section Editor James M. Hotaling, MD, MS, assistant professor of surgery (urology) at the Center for Reconstructive Urology and Men's Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake Ci
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The newest medical fad.
200 years ago it was blowing tobacco smoke up ones rectum for medicinal purposes.
100 years ago it was transplanting goat testicles into old men to make them “virile” again.
70 years ago it was lobotomies to calm out of control people.
50 years ago it was Ritalin to calm overactive boys and try to make them more feminine.
Now it is sex changes.
So it is the equivalent of blowing smoke up one’s rectum again.
Six-year-old article. The current number is higher.
Yes, me, too!
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