Trends in Conservative Clitoroplasty

Abstract

The authors present their trends in conservative clitoroplasty on the basis of 27 cases from January 1980 to August 1985. The technique described preserves as much of clitoral tissue as possible, and gives safe and very satisfying morpho-functional results regardless of the virilization degree. Preserved skin of clitoral shaft and of the foreskin is used to reconstruct labia minora. Erectile function is preserved by freeing and burying corpora cavernosa in the omolateral labial region. Clitoral glans, suitably trimmed when necessary, is preserved on its ventral muco-cutaneous pedicle.

Key Words:

• ambiguous genitalia
• clitoral hypertrophy
• clitoroplasty