What is Involved in Gender Reassignment Surgery?
Gender reassignment surgery is a surgical specialty practiced by a limited number of reconstructive surgeons. It is performed when a patient wants to bring his or her physical sex into line with mental gender characteristics. In the case of a male patient, the outcome of a series of surgeries will give the patient a female body, and a female patient can obtain a male body after multiple sessions of surgery. Some aspects of gender reassignment surgery are highly invasive, and the recovery time can be slow. Proper training for the surgeon performing the operations can take several years.
