Clitoral reduction is the surgical reduction in size of the clitoris, used to treat clitoromegaly. It comes under the general heading of clitoroplasty, the field of plastic surgery of the clitoris. Unlike clitoridectomy, the amputation of part of the clitoris, now widely viewed as a form of female genital mutilation, modern clitoral reduction surgery aims to preserve sensation and function through the use of nerve-sparing microsurgical techniques.[1][2][3]
It should be distinguished from clitoral hood reduction, an operation on the clitoral hood in which the clitoris itself is not damaged.
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- ^ Rawat, Jiledar; Singh, Sudhir (2022). "Sensation-preserving clitoral reduction surgery: A preliminary report of our experience". African Journal of Paediatric Surgery. 19 (1): 23–26. doi:10.4103/ajps.AJPS_32_21. ISSN 0974-5998. PMC 8759416. PMID 34916347.
- ^ Uzan, C.; Marchand, F.; Schmidt, M.; Meningaud, J.P.; Hersant, B. (July 2020). "Clitoral reduction: Technical note". Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthétique. 65 (4): e7–e13. doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2019.10.002. PMID 32482351.
- ^ Reifsnyder, Jennifer E.; Stites, John; Bernabé, Kerlly J.; Galan, Denise; Felsen, Diane; Poppas, Dix P. (April 2016). "Nerve Sparing Clitoroplasty is an Option for Adolescent and Adult Female Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Clitoral Pain following Prior Clitoral Recession or Incomplete Reduction". The Journal of Urology. 195 (4 Pt 2): 1270–1273. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2015.12.053. ISSN 1527-3792. PMID 26926549.
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