The laparoscopic management of intersex patients:: the preferred approach
The laparoscopic management of intersex patients:: the preferred approach
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1464-410x.2005.05417.x
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Arap, S
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作者:
Dénes, FT;Cocuzza, MAS;Arap, S
OBJECTIVETo present possibly the largest series of the use of laparoscopy for treating intersex patients.PATIENTS AND METHODSFifty intersex patients (34 with male and two with female pseudohermaphroditism, nine with gonadal dysgenesis, four with true hermaphroditism, and one with complex hypospadias), aged 0.5-46 years (mean 18.3), underwent laparoscopy to remove gonads and/or ductal structures incompatible with the social gender, or for gonadal tumour or a potential risk for malignancy. When necessary, genitoplasty was performed concomitantly.RESULTSAt the laparoscopic evaluation, 10 gonads of six patients were absent, while four were identified as 'vanishing'; 72 gonads (46 dysgenetic, 17 normal testes, one normal ovary, one ovotestis, seven gonadoblastomas or dysgerminomas) were removed; two ovotestes were replaced in the scrotum after removing the ovarian segment, as was one normal testis. Twelve patients with a urogenital sinus had its vaginal component removed, 11 including a hysterectomy. Three of these patients had a combined perineal approach to complete its removal, together with masculinizing genitoplasty. There were no intraoperative complications or conversions; two patients had complications after surgery.CONCLUSIONSLaparoscopy allows the straightforward identification and removal of gonads. All abnormal ductal structures must be removed, as this increases the chance of resecting unidentified gonads. Removing the uterus and vaginal component of the urogenital sinus in patients with male social sex is feasible, with low morbidity. Genitoplasty, according to the social sex, can be performed in the same procedure.