Penile inversion is a surgical technique for genital reassignment used to construct a neo-vagina from a penis for trans women, sometimes also for intersex people. It is one of two main sorts of vaginoplasty, along with colovaginoplasty.
The erectile tissue of the penis is removed, and the skin, still with its blood and nerve supplies (a flap technique first used by Sir Harold Gillies in 1951), is used to create a vestibule area and labia minora, and inverted into a cavity created in the pelvic tissue. Part of the tip (glans) of the penis, still connected to its blood and nerve supplies, is usually used to construct a clitoris, the urethra is shortened to end at a place that is appropriate for a female anatomy.
See also
- Sex reassignment surgery male-to-female
- List of transgender-related topics
External links
- Graphic walkthrough of the procedure (illustrations only)
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