Pubertal Status at the Time of Fertility Preservation in Transgender Girls
Authors' conclusion
More than a third of our patients who accepted a referral to pediatric urology agreed to produce a sperm sample for cryopreservation. All of these patients successfully preserved sperm. With counseling and early referral to pediatric urology, a high percentage of fertility preservation in transgender girls was achieved.
Study context
- Population
- Transgender girls referred to pediatric urology at an academic pediatric transgender clinic for fertility preservation counseling8 produced sample
- Participants
- 23 participants
- Outcome
- Tanner staging and virilizing secondary sex characteristics at sperm collection, correlated with sperm viability
- Follow-up
- Initial visit before treatment
Methodological detailsretrospective chart review, single-centre
- Retrospective chart review
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Successfully produced a sperm sample for cryopreservation
8 of 23
Average testicular volume
18.5 ml
range 12 ml to 20 ml
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Pubertal Status at the Time of Fertility Preservation in Transgender Girls. Endocr Pract. Published 18 January 2024. doi:10.
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