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New English Translation Published: Current Relevance of Cosmetic Surgeries on “Ambiguous” Genitalia During Childhood
OII Europe is pleased to publish the English translation of Dr. Ulrike Klöppel’s landmark study “Zur Aktualität kosmetischer Operationen „uneindeutiger“ Genitalien im Kindesalter”. Originally published in German in 2016, the study remains one of the most important quantitative analyses of medically unnecessary genital surgeries performed on children with variations of sex characteristics in Germany. The…
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Recent Study on the Frequency of Genital Surgeries on Children Performed in Germany
Recent Study on the Frequency of Genital Surgeries on Children Performed in Germany. Summary of the main findings from OII Germany With the publication “On the current state of cosmetic surgery of ‘ambiguous’ genitalia in childhood” by Ulrike Kloeppel[1], for the first time sound quantitative data on cosmetic genital surgeries performed on children throughout Germany…
