Top surgery
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Top surgery refers to the surgical procedures on the breasts of transgender
patients:
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
patients:
- Breast augmentation surgery, typically for male-to-female transsexuals.
- MastectomyMastectomyMastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylactically, that is, to prevent cancer...
, typically for female-to-male transsexuals, along with male chest reconstructionMale Chest ReconstructionIn men with female breast growth, caused either by gynecomastia or by status as a trans man, a male chest reconstruction is often done to give the chest a more masculine appearance...
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