Metoidioplasty is a female-to-male gender-affirming surgery that reconstructs a functional, penis-like structure from a clitoris enlarged by prior testosterone therapy. Testosterone replacement gradually enlarges the clitoris, which is developmentally homologous to the penis, to a mean maximum size of about 4.6 centimeters, and the surgery then reshapes this tissue. Compared with phalloplasty, metoidioplasty is technically simpler, less costly, and carries fewer potential complications, though it produces a smaller result with more limited capacity for penetrative intercourse.
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Does metoidioplasty require a prosthesis for an erection?
Usually not, because the erectile tissue functions normally.
Usually not. Because the erectile tissue of the clitoris functions normally, a prosthesis is unnecessary for erection, although the clitoris might not become as rigid as a penile erection.
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The first metoidioplasty was reported in 1973 and the term was coined in a 1989 paper.
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Metoidioplasty, metaoidioplasty, or metaidoioplasty (informally called a meto or meta) is a female-to-male gender-affirming surgery.
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