Table 3.
Comparison of academic centers and private practices and of geographic regions offering vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, and metoidioplasty
| Type of Genital-Affirming Surgery | Academic centers (N = 16) | Private practice (N = 22) | Total (N = 38) | West (N = 13) | Midwest (N = 7) | South (N = 7) | Northeast (N = 11) | Total (N = 38) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginoplasty | 16 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| Intestinal vaginoplasty | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Penile inversion vaginoplasty | 14 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| Scrotal skin pedicle flap vaginoplasty | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Zero-depth vaginoplasty | 13 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| All vaginoplasty techniques | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Phalloplasty | 15 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| Phalloplasty with urethral lengthening | 11 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| Radial forearm flap phalloplasty | 11 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| Anterolateral thigh flap phalloplasty | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| Groin flap phalloplasty | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| All phalloplasty techniques | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Metoidioplasty | 10 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
The bold indicates the total number of locations performing vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, metoidioplasty - respectively - including all surgical techniques.