Robinson IS, Rifkin WJ, Kloer C, Parker A, Blasdel G, Shakir N, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022
Gender-affirming mastectomy, or "top surgery," has become one of the most frequently performed procedures for transgender and nonbinary patients. However, management of perioperative testosterone therapy remains controversial. Despite a lack of supporting...
Blasdel G, Kloer C, Parker A, Shakir N, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022
Insufficient genital tissue has been reported as a barrier to achieving depth in gender-affirming vaginoplasty. The authors sought to characterize vaginal depth and revision outcomes in patients with genital hypoplasia undergoing robotic peritoneal flap...
Dy GW, Salibian AA, Blasdel G, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022
Following gender-affirming penile inversion vaginoplasty or vulvoplasty, patients may seek vulvar revision procedures for a variety of common aesthetic and functional concerns. These indications for revision and accompanying techniques are not...
Daar DA, Anzai LM, Vranis NM, Schulster ML, Frey JD, Jun M, Zhao LC, Levine JP
Microsurgery · 2022
Reducing donor site morbidity after deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap harvest relies mainly upon maintaining integrity of the anterior rectus sheath fascia. The purpose of this study is to describe our minimally-invasive technique for...
Robinson IS, Blasdel G, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC
Urology · 2022
To describe the authors' experience diagnosing and managing intra-abdominal complications following robotic peritoneal flap vaginoplasty. The peritoneal flap vaginoplasty is a technique used to achieve consistent vaginal depth regardless of available natal...
Ghodoussipour S, Ahmadi N, Goh A, Alemozaffar M, Nabavizadeh R, Gallucci M, Simone G, Tuderti G, Gill I, Desai M, Zhao LC, Aron M
Urology · 2022
To examine the safety, feasibility and durability of robotic reimplantation of ureteroenteric stricture after radical cystectomy. A retrospective multi-institutional review was performed for all patients undergoing robotic repair of ureteroenteric...
Xu AJ, Mishra K, Zhao LC
Urology · 2022
To provide a summary of surgical technique and outcomes for Heineke-Mikulicz preputioplasty (HMP), a foreskin-preserving surgical treatment for phimosis in the adult population. We retrospectively reviewed 7 patients who underwent HMP by a single surgeon...
Anderson KT, Vanni AJ, Erickson BA, Myers JB, Voelzke B, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Buckley JC, Zhao LC, Smith TG, Alsikafi NF, Rourke KF, Elliott SP
The Journal of urology · 2022
A successful urethroplasty has been defined in different ways across studies. This variety in the literature makes it difficult to compare success rates and techniques across studies. We aim to evaluate the success of anterior urethroplasty based on...
Blasdel G, Robinson I, Parker A, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Sexually transmitted diseases · 2022
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) after penile reconstruction in transgender, nonbinary, and other gender expansive (T/GE) populations have not previously been described, despite known risk factors in the population. After T/GE penile reconstruction,...
Rifkin WJ, Daar DA, Cripps CN, Mars G, Zhao LC, Levine JP, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022
Increased access to care and insurance coverage has led to an increase in gender-affirming surgeries performed in the United States. Gender-affirming phalloplasty has a variety of donor sites and surgical techniques including both pedicled and free flaps....
Amend GM, Holler JT, Sadighian MJ, Rios N, Hakam N, Nabavizadeh B, Enriquez A, Shaw N, Vanni AJ, Zhao L, Erickson BA, Buckley JC, Breyer BN
Journal of Urology · 2022
Rifkin WJ, Robinson IS, Kloer C, Cripps CN, Boyd CJ, Blasdel G, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022
Gender-affirming mastectomy has become one of the most frequently performed procedures for transgender and nonbinary patients. Although there are a variety of potential surgical approaches available, the impact of technique on outcomes remains unclear....
Blasdel G, Parker AC, Salibian A, Robinson I, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022
The surgical treatment of gender incongruence with gender-affirming surgery requires a sophisticated understanding of the substantial diversity in patient expectations and desired outcomes. There are patients with gender incongruence who desire surgical...
Kim S, Cheng KC, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Elliott SP, Erickson BA, Myers JB, Smith TG, Vanni AJ, Voelzke BB, Zhao LC, Buckley JC
The Journal of urology · 2022
There are no established guidelines regarding management of antibiotics for patients specifically undergoing urethral reconstruction. Our aim was to minimize antibiotic use by following a standardized protocol in the pre-, peri- and postoperative setting,...
Gonzalez AN, Mishra K, Zhao LC
Research and reports in urology · 2022
The landscape for upper genitourinary tract reconstruction continues to evolve with innovations in technology and surgical techniques. While the use of flaps and grafts in reconstructive surgery is not a novel concept, the application of buccal mucosal...
Xu AJ, Mishra K, Lee YS, Zhao LC
The Urologic clinics of North America · 2022
With the widespread dissemination of robotic surgical platforms, pathologies that were previously deemed challenging can now be treated more reliably with minimally invasive procedures via the robot. The advantages of precise articulation for dissection...
Liu W, Shakir N, Zhao LC
Urology · 2022
Agochukwu-Mmonu N, Radix A, Zhao L, Makarov D, Bluebond-Langner R, Fendrick AM, Castle E, Berry C
Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes · 2022
Shakir NA, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R
Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022
Kim S, Cheng KC, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Elliott SP, Erickson BA, Myers JB, Smith TG, Vanni AJ, Voelzke BB, Zhao LC, Buckley JC
The Journal of urology · 2022
Blasdel G, Kloer C, Parker A, Castle E, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC
The journal of sexual medicine · 2022
Many patients have goals related to sexual health when seeking gender-affirming vaginoplasty, and previous investigations have only studied the ability to orgasm at cross-sectional timepoints. Our aim is to quantify the time to orgasm postoperative...