Skip to main content

Male-to-Female Transsexualism

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Clinical Uro-Andrology

Abstract

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision [DSM-IV-TR], defines gender identity disorder (GID) as a “strong and persistent cross-gender identification and a patient’s persistent discomfort with his or her sex and sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex.” The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has five criteria that must be met before a diagnosis of gender identity disorder can be given:

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Belgrano E, Fabris B, Trombetta C (1999) Il Transessualismo. Identificazione di un percorso diagnostico e terapeutico. Editrice Kurtis, Milano

    Google Scholar 

  • Cohen-Kettenis PT, Gooren LJG (1999) Transsexualism: a review of etiology, diagnosis and treatment. J Psychosom Res 46(4):315–333

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • American Psychiatric Association (2000) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edn, text rev. doi: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349

  • Glenn JF (1980) One stage operation for male transsexuals. J Urol 123:396–398

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Meyer WIII, Bockting W, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Coleman E, Di Ceglie D, Devor H et al (2001) The standards of care for gender identity disorders – sixth version. http://www.symposion.com/ijt/soc_2001/index.htm. Feb 2001

  • Michel A, Mormont C, Legros JJ (2001) A psycho-endocrinological overview of transsexualism. Eur J Endocrinol 145:365–376

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Perovic SV, Stanojevic DS, Djordjevic MLJ (2000) Vaginoplasty in male transsexuals using penile skin and a urethral flap. BJU Int 86:843–850

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ravenna AR (1998) Gender identity disorder (DSM IV 302.85) ratified by the “Osservatorio Nazionale sull’Identità di Genere – ONIG” in June 1998. IJT 2,4. http://www.symposion.com/ijt/ijtc0602.htm

  • Small MP (1987) Penile and scrotal inversion vaginoplasty for male to female transsexuals. Urology 22(6):593–597

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Trombetta C, Liguoria G, Siracusano S, Bortul M, Belgrano E (2005) Transverse retubularized ileal vaginoplasty: a new application of the Monti principle – preliminary report. Eur Urol 48:1018–1024

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ciro Imbimbo .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2015 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Imbimbo, C., Arcaniolo, D. (2015). Male-to-Female Transsexualism. In: Mirone, V. (eds) Clinical Uro-Andrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45018-5_2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45018-5_2

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-662-45017-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-45018-5

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics