Revisión del estado actual de la cirugía de reasignación genital en pacientes con disforia de género enfocada en el contexto colombiano

José Miguel Silva; Lynda Torres Castellanos; Alejandra Bravo-Balado; Angie Puerto Niño; Juan David Urazán; Andrés Camilo Cardozo Alarcón

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657773

Revista Urología Colombiana / Colombian Urology Journal, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Revista Urología Colombiana / Colombian Urology Journal 2019; 28(03): 196-203
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657773

Review Article | Artículo de Revisión

Sociedad Colombiana de Urología. Publicado por Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revisión del estado actual de la cirugía de reasignación genital en pacientes con disforia de género enfocada en el contexto colombiano

Review of the Current Status of Genital Reassignment Surgery in Patients with Gender Dysphoria within the Colombian Context

José Miguel Silva

¹Unidad de Urología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio y Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

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Lynda Torres Castellanos

¹Unidad de Urología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio y Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

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Alejandra Bravo-Balado

²Departamento de Urología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá y Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

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Angie Puerto Niño

³Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

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Juan David Urazán

³Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

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Andrés Camilo Cardozo Alarcón

⁴Servicio de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio y Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Resumen

La disforia de género o transexualismo es una condición que comprende a las personas que padecen profundo malestar o rechazo hacia el sexo biológico por cuanto se identifican con el sexo opuesto. Por lo tanto, se asocia a disfunción biopsicosocial y compromiso severo de la calidad de vida. En Colombia se han producido notables avances de índole constitucional y legislativa en las dos últimas décadas, los cuales son discutidos en la presente revisión. En el tratamiento multidisciplinario de los pacientes transexuales, el último paso corresponde a la cirugía de reasignación genital. El propósito de esta revisión es investigar el estado actual de la cirugía de reasignación genital enfocada en el contexto nacional.

Abstract

Gender dysphoria or transsexualism is a condition that includes people who suffer from deep discomfort or rejection of biological sex because they identify with the opposite sex. Therefore, it is associated with biopsychosocial dysfunction and severe compromise of their quality of life. In Colombia there have been notable advances of a constitutional and legislative nature in the last two decades, which are discussed in the present review. In the multidisciplinary treatment of transgender patients, the last step corresponds to genital reassignment surgery. The purpose of this review is to investigate the current status of genital reassignment surgery within the national context.

Palabras Clave

disforia de género - cirugía de reasignación genital - transexualismo - legislación - calidad de vida - Colombia

Keywords

gender dysphoria - genital reassignment surgery - transsexualism - legislation - quality of life - Colombia

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