title: Clitoroplasty: past, present and future.
abstract: This paper reviews the history of clitoral surgery throughout the twentieth century. The changing operations, from amputation through to attempts to produce a normal clitoris mirror the changing attitudes and available knowledge. It also examines the current issues that arise out of available data on long-term outcomes of clitoroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lean
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hutson
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D002987:Clitoris / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000601:surgery*