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Descriptive analyses were performed for structured questions and content analysis was used to analyze open responses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Measured outcomes included closed- and open-ended questions assessing patient attitudes about internal erectile prostheses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Before starting the study, approximately half the men stated they were interested in getting an internal device, 20% said they weren\u2019t, and 33% said they didn\u2019t know. More than half of this postphalloplasty population stated they were somewhat or very concerned about the need for additional surgery (73%), side effects (pain, damage to the phallus; 100%), and the risk of device failure (100%). An additional 47% stated they were somewhat or very concerned about cost and 33% stated they were somewhat or very concerned about finding a surgeon.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is a need to develop appropriate alternatives to current internal prostheses for penetrative function after phalloplasty.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Strengths &amp; Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Generalizability of results is limited by the fact that data are from men who had enrolled in a pilot study to test an external erectile prosthesis, and as such were explicitly interested in exploring nonsurgical alternatives to attain an erection. The combination of quantitative and qualitative data demonstrates that transgender men\u2019s concerns about internal prostheses are grounded in the current evidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Transgender men who have undergone phalloplasty have substantial concerns about the risks of getting an internal prosthesis and there is significant interest in alternatives to current devices.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsxm.2022.03.604","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,8]],"date-time":"2022-04-08T18:14:04Z","timestamp":1649441644000},"page":"1055-1059","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Concerns About Internal Erectile Prostheses Among Transgender Men Who Have Undergone Phalloplasty"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Elizabeth R.","family":"Boskey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Center for Gender Surgery , Boston, MA , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Geetika","family":"Mehra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Divya","family":"Jolly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Center for Gender Surgery , Boston, MA , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oren","family":"Ganor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Center for Gender Surgery , Boston, MA , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023041407202816500_","article-title":"Age of Individuals Who Identify as Transgender in the United States","author":"Herman","year":"2017"},{"key":"2023041407202816500_","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"443","DOI":"10.1089\/lgbt.2017.0275","article-title":"Self-reported physical and mental health of gender nonconforming transgender adults in the United States","volume":"5","author":"Streed","year":"2018","journal-title":"LGBT Health"},{"key":"2023041407202816500_","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2097","DOI":"10.1007\/s13524-018-0714-3","article-title":"Looking at population health beyond \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale\u201d: Implications of transgender identity and gender nonconformity for population health","volume":"55","author":"Lagos","year":"2018","journal-title":"Demography"},{"key":"2023041407202816500_","article-title":"The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey","author":"James","year":"2016"},{"key":"2023041407202816500_","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"270","DOI":"10.1089\/trgh.2019.0038","article-title":"Piloting a genital affirmation surgical priorities scale for trans masculine patients","volume":"4","author":"Ganor","year":"2019","journal-title":"Transgend Health"},{"key":"2023041407202816500_","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"64","DOI":"10.1080\/15532739.2011.622125","article-title":"Am i man enough yet? 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