Perspectives on conducting "sex-normalising" intersex surgeries conducted in infancy: A systematic review

Children with intersex variations continue to be subject to elective, irreversible, "sex-normalising" surgical interventions, despite multiple human rights and legislative bodies calling for their prohibition. Our systematic review aims to understand how medical literature reports rational...

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Published in:PLOS global public health 2024, Vol.4 (8), p.e0003568
Main Authors: Muschialli, Luke, Allen, Connor Luke, Boy-Mena, Evelyn, Malik, Aiysha, Pallitto, Christina, Nihlén, Åsa, Gonsalves, Lianne
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Language:English
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Biology and Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
People and Places
Social Sciences
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Summary:Children with intersex variations continue to be subject to elective, irreversible, "sex-normalising" surgical interventions, despite multiple human rights and legislative bodies calling for their prohibition. Our systematic review aims to understand how medical literature reports rationales for "sex-normalising" surgical interventions conducted in childhood, and how they are contextualised within the medical and social controversy surrounding such interventions. PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL were searched for English language, peer-reviewed articles reporting primary data on elective, genital, "sex-normalising" surgical interventions conducted on individuals
ISSN:2767-3375
2767-3375
DOI:10.1371/journal.pgph.0003568