title: Phantom erectile penis after sex reassignment surgery.
abstract: Between January 2001 and December 2007, we performed vaginoplasty as sex reassignment surgery in a total of 14 male-to-female transsexual (MTFTS) patients [1]. Several complications occurred such as partial flap necrosis, rectovaginal fistula formation and hypersensitivity of the neoclitoris. Just after the operation, some patients feel that their penises still exist, but by several weeks postoperatively, this sensation has disappeared. Herein we report a case of MTFTS in whom the sensation of a phantom erectile penis persisted for much longer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. y-namba@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuzaburo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: Narushi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Eijiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tokuyama
authors.forename: Kenjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimata
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010410:Penile Erection / Q000523:psychology*; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*