Editing Gender-affirming surgery (section)

=== Other surgeries ===
[[File:Double mastectomy.jpg|thumb|Transgender man with healed [[mastectomy|double incision]] [[chest reconstruction]], 2020]]

As underscored by WPATH, gender transition may entail a variety of non-genital surgeries that change primary or secondary sex characteristics, any of which are considered "gender-affirming surgery" when done to affirm a person's [[gender identity]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Coleman E, Radix AE, Bouman WP, Brown GR, de Vries AL, Deutsch MB, Ettner R, Fraser L, Goodman M, Green J, Hancock AB, Johnson TW, Karasic DH, Knudson GA, Leibowitz SF, Meyer-Bahlburg HF, Monstrey SJ, Motmans J, Nahata L, Nieder TO, Reisner SL, Richards C, Schechter LS, Tangpricha V, Tishelman AC, Van Trotsenburg MA, Winter S, Ducheny K, Adams NJ, Adrián TM, Allen LR, Azul D, Bagga H, Başar K, Bathory DS, Belinky JJ, Berg DR, Berli JU, Bluebond-Langner RO, Bouman MB, Bowers ML, Brassard PJ, Byrne J, Capitán L, Cargill CJ, Carswell JM, Chang SC, Chelvakumar G, Corneil T, Dalke KB, De Cuypere G, de Vries E, Den Heijer M, Devor AH, Dhejne C, D'Marco A, Edmiston EK, Edwards-Leeper L, Ehrbar R, Ehrensaft D, Eisfeld J, Elaut E, Erickson-Schroth L, Feldman JL, Fisher AD, Garcia MM, Gijs L, Green SE, Hall BP, Hardy TL, Irwig MS, Jacobs LA, Janssen AC, Johnson K, Klink DT, Kreukels BP, Kuper LE, Kvach EJ, Malouf MA, Massey R, Mazur T, McLachlan C, Morrison SD, Mosser SW, Neira PM, Nygren U, Oates JM, Obedin-Maliver J, Pagkalos G, Patton J, Phanuphak N, Rachlin K, Reed T, Rider GN, Ristori J, Robbins-Cherry S, Roberts SA, Rodriguez-Wallberg KA, Rosenthal SM, Sabir K, Safer JD, Scheim AI, Seal LJ, Sehoole TJ, Spencer K, St Amand C, Steensma TD, Strang JF, Taylor GB, Tilleman K, T'Sjoen GG, Vala LN, Van Mello NM, Veale JF, Vencill JA, Vincent B, Wesp LM, West MA, Arcelus J | title = Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 | journal = International Journal of Transgender Health | volume = 23 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = S1–S259 | date = 19 August 2022 | pmid = 36238954 | pmc = 9553112 | doi = 10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644 }}</ref> For trans men, these may include [[mastectomy]] (removal of the breasts) and [[chest reconstruction]] (the shaping of a male-contoured chest), or [[hysterectomy]] and [[bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy]] (removal of ovaries and [[fallopian tube]]s). For some trans women, [[facial feminization surgery]], [[hair transplant]]s, and [[breast augmentation]] are also aesthetic components of their surgical treatment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Do I Need to Know About the Transitioning Process? |url=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sexual-orientation-gender/trans-and-gender-nonconforming-identities/what-do-i-need-know-about-transitioning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505022744/https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sexual-orientation-gender/trans-and-gender-nonconforming-identities/what-do-i-need-know-about-transitioning |archive-date=5 May 2019 |access-date=5 May 2019 | work = Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA) }}</ref> Voice feminizing surgery is a procedure in which the overall pitch range of the patient's voice is reduced.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voice feminizing therapy and surgery – Mayo Clinic |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/voice-feminizing-therapy-and-surgery/about/pac-20470545 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523024145/https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/voice-feminizing-therapy-and-surgery/about/pac-20470545 |archive-date=23 May 2021 |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=Mayo Clinic |language=en}}</ref> Adam's apple reduction surgery ([[chondrolaryngoplasty]]) or tracheal shaving is a procedure in which the most prominent part of the thyroid cartilage is reduced.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Cohen MB, Insalaco LF, Tonn CR, Spiegel JH |date=October 2018 |title=Patient Satisfaction after Aesthetic Chondrolaryngoplasty |journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open |volume=6 |issue=10 |pages=e1877 |doi=10.1097/GOX.0000000000001877 |pmc=6250475 |pmid=30534483}}</ref>

There is also Adam's apple enhancement therapy, in which cartilage is used to bring out the Adam's apple in female-to-male patients.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facial Masculinization Surgery (FMS) |url=https://constructivesurgery.org/ftm-facial-masculinization-surgery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523025647/https://constructivesurgery.org/ftm-facial-masculinization-surgery/ |archive-date=23 May 2021 |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=Constructive Surgery}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=July 2023}}