Should orchiectomy be performed if later anticipating MTF vaginoplasty
Hi Missy,
Thank you for your interest in orchiectomy on behalf of a friend.
We do orchiectomy on MTF patients several times a month. Contrary to what you may have heard, prior orchiectomy does not impede vaginoplasty later on. The scrotal skin is very elastic and if you visit our web-site
http://srsmiami.com/photography-m2f.html and look at photographic examples 6/1-5, you’ll see exactly how we shape the graft into a tube and apply that tube to inverted penile skin to form a deeper vagina. On this particular patient, looks like a total length of 7 1/2 to 8″ inches was achieved.
Should a patient having had an orchiectomy later schedule in for vaginoplasty, we will apply 50% of what they paid as a credit to vaginoplasty.
So in effect they had an orchiectomy for $1,250. I am not sure why some doctors charge so much for orchiectomy, but given that we own our facility could explain the difference in fees.
Just so you know, we do require 2 letters of therapy clearance which can be arranged in Miami initially by tele-conferencing, as this is irreversible surgery.
All the best to both of you,
Harold M. Reed, M.D.
305-865-2000
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