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. 2021 Mar 19;9(3):e3477. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003477

Table 5.

Type of Regret

Studies No. Regrets Transmasculine Transfeminine Type of Regrets based on Pfafflin, 1993 Type of Regrets based on Kuiper and Cohen-Kettenis, 1998 Surgery De-transition (Y/N)
Minor Major 1 2 3 4
Blanchard et al, 1989 4 4 4 2 2 Vaginoplasty N
Bouman, 1988 1 1 1 1 Vaginoplasty NS
De Cuypere et al, 2006 2 1 1 2 2 NS NS
Imbimbo et al, 2009 8 8 NS NS NS NS NS NS Vaginoplasty NS
Jiang et al, 2018 1 1 1 1 Vulvoplasty NS
Kuiper et al, 1998 10 1 9 4 6 6 3 1 NS 1 testicles implant removal and underwent breast augmentation
Lawrence, 2003 15 15 13 2 2 13 Vaginoplasty NS
Olson-Kennedy et al, 2018 1 1 NS NS NS NS NS NS Mastectomy NS
Pfafflin, 1993 3 3 3 3 NS (complication urethral-vaginal fistula) NS
Van de Grift et al, 2018 2 1 1 2 2 Transfemenine = Vaginoplasty Transmasculine = mastectomy and uterus extirpation (hematoma) NS
Wiepjes et al, 2018 14 3 11 0 14 13 1 0 0 Gonadectomy Y (10)*
Zavlin et al, 2018 1 1 NS NS NS NS NS NS Vaginoplasty NS
Judge et al, 2014 3 3 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
Weyers et al, 2009 2 2 NS NS NS NS NS NS Vaginoplasty NS
Poudrier et al, 2019 2 2 2 2 Mastectomy NS
Laden et al, 1998 8 NS NS 8 8 NS Y

*8 mastectomies, 2 vaginectomies, 2 phalloplasties, 2 testicular implants removal, and 1 breast augmentation.

N, no; NS, not specified; Y, Yes.