title: [Sex reassignment surgery].
abstract: Israel is among the few countries in the world where sex reassignment surgery (SRS) is performed in public hospitals. Today, the only center performing SRS in Israel is the Sheba Medical Center. A multidisciplinary committee grants authorization permitting surgery after a follow-up period of two years. We found that this multidisciplinary approach leads to the best therapeutic results. We briefly present the pre-operative evaluation, operative approach, post-operative course, final results and complications of sex reassignment surgery. This article aims to inform physicians of this therapeutic option, and the indications for referral.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bar-Meir
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilboa
authors.forename: Batia
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yaffe
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rabinovitch
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karasik
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: Igal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Madgar
authors.forename: Jacoub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramon
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schiff
authors.forename: Haggi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsur
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orenstein
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000601:surgery*