TY - JOUR
T1 - Hormonal and Surgical Treatment Options for Transgender Men (Female-to-Male)
AU - Gorton, Ryan Nicholas
AU - Erickson-Schroth, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Untreated transgender men face serious negative health care outcomes. Effective medical, surgical, and mental health treatment ameliorates these risks. Although the research is not as robust as would be ideal, hormone treatment is effective and generally well tolerated with few serious medical risks. Surgeries carry serious risks; but for most transgender men, the benefits outweigh the risks. This review describes current evidence-based medical treatments for transgender men and provides an overview of surgical therapy to enable practitioners to discuss these options with their transgender male patients.
AB - Untreated transgender men face serious negative health care outcomes. Effective medical, surgical, and mental health treatment ameliorates these risks. Although the research is not as robust as would be ideal, hormone treatment is effective and generally well tolerated with few serious medical risks. Surgeries carry serious risks; but for most transgender men, the benefits outweigh the risks. This review describes current evidence-based medical treatments for transgender men and provides an overview of surgical therapy to enable practitioners to discuss these options with their transgender male patients.
KW - Gender affirmation
KW - Hormone replacement
KW - Sex reassignment surgery
KW - Transgender
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009215284&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.psc.2016.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.psc.2016.10.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28159147
AN - SCOPUS:85009215284
SN - 0193-953X
VL - 40
SP - 79
EP - 97
JO - Psychiatric Clinics of North America
JF - Psychiatric Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -