[Laryngological aspects of treatment of male-female transsexuals].
The authors discuss laryngologist's participation in the adapting treatment of transsexuals of M/F type, including reduction of laryngeal prominence of thyroid cartilage, voice rehabilitation and nose operation. Literary reference is presented in the paper, as well as a case of a 27-year-old patient a transsexual of M/F type, in whom the prominence of thyroid cartilage was removed. Ethic and legal aspects of that management are also demonstrated.
Oddział Otolaryngologiczny Szpitala Miejskiego im. J. Brudzińskiego w Gdyni.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D014189:Transsexualism; D014833:Voice Quality; D014834:Voice Training