Gonadectomy in conditions affecting sex development: a registry-based cohort study.
Angela K Lucas-HeraldJillian BryceAndreas KyriakouMarie Lindhardt LjubicicWiebeke ArltLaura AudiAntonio BalsamoFederico BaronioSilvano BertelloniMarkus BettendorfAntonia BrookeHedi L Claahsen van der GrintenJustin H DaviesGloria HermannLiat de VriesIeuan A HughesRieko Tadokoro-CuccaroFeyza DarendelilerSukran PoyrazogluMona EllaithiOlcay EvliyaogluSimone FicaLavinia NedeleaAneta GawlikEvgenia GlobaNataliya ZelinskaTülay GüranAyla GüvenSabine E HannemaOlaf HiortPaul-Martin HolterhusVioleta IotovaVilhelm MladenovVandana JainRajni SharmaFarida JennaneColin JohnstonGil Guerra JuniorDaniel KonradOdile GaislNils KroneRuth KroneKatherine LachlanDejun LiCorina LichiardopolLidka LisaRenata MarkosyanInas MazenKlaus MohnikeMarek NiedzielaAnna NordenstromRodolfo Alberto ReyMars SkaeilLloyd J W TackJeremy TomlinsonNaomi WeintrobMartine CoolsSyed Faisal AhmedPublished in: European journal of endocrinology (2021)
The likelihood of gonadectomy depends on the underlying diagnosis, sex of rearing and the geographical setting. Clinical benchmarks, which can be studied across all forms of DSD will allow a better understanding of the variation in the practice of gonadectomy.