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Reconstructive urologists can address the care gap for adults with intersex traits

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The surgical care of patients with differences in sex development (DSD) or intersex traits has historically been the domain of paediatric subspecialties. However, as patients defer surgeries until later in life, providers are needed to help close this emerging clinical care gap for the LGBTQIA+ community.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Maetal E. Haas Kogan

  2. Division of Gynecology, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Maetal E. Haas Kogan, Elizabeth R. Boskey & Frances W. Grimstad

  3. Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Barbara Chubak

  4. Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Steven J. Staffa

  5. Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Carl G. Streed Jr

  6. GenderCare Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Carl G. Streed Jr

  7. Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Katharine B. Dalke

  8. Health and Research Advisory Committee, Interconnect Support Group, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Arlene Baratz

  9. Center for Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Cecile Ferrando

  10. Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Cecile Ferrando

  11. Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Cecile Ferrando

  12. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Frances W. Grimstad

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Haas Kogan, M.E., Chubak, B., Boskey, E.R. et al. Reconstructive urologists can address the care gap for adults with intersex traits. Nat Rev Urol 22, 330–331 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-025-01038-2

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