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retain their vagina (whether before or after further genital reconstruction,) have a strong family history of cancers of the breast, ovary, or uterus (endometrium,) have a personal history of gynecological cancer or significant dysplasia on a Pap smear. develop vaginal bleeding post-operation and hormone therapy
Ovarian tissue banking – Ovarian tissue is frozen after oophorectomy. Even after long-term androgen therapy, ovaries usually retain usable follicles. Eventual use of frozen ovaries will require replantation into the transgender man for stimulation and harvest, but may eventually be possible in a lab as techniques for tissue culture improve.
Oophorectomy (/ ˌ oʊ. ə f ə ˈ r ɛ k t ə m i /; from Greek ᾠοφόρος, ōophóros, 'egg-bearing' and ἐκτομή, ektomḗ, 'a cutting out of'), historically also called ovariotomy, is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries. [1] The surgery is also called ovariectomy, but this term is mostly used in reference to non-human ...
“Ovaries make testosterone,” says Kelly Casperson, MD, a urologist, sex expert, and author of You Are Not Broken. “Women have three to four times the amount of testosterone in their body ...
At the age of 12, Patrick Mitchell decided to transition into a female, only to change his mind two years later. Uncomfortable in his own skin, the Australian school boy begged his mother to allow ...
For women who are not candidates for surgery, a clinical diagnosis can be made based on the symptoms and levels (follicle-stimulating hormone and estradiol, after bilateral oophorectomy) and/or findings consistent with the presence of residual ovarian tissue. [3]
So does transgender surgery, including breast removal or augmentation, which sometimes is offered during the mid-teen years but more typically not until age 18 or later.
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and cervix.Supracervical hysterectomy refers to removal of the uterus while the cervix is spared. These procedures may also involve removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), fallopian tubes (salpingectomy), and other surrounding structures.