The history of surgery in disorders of sexual development

Buyukunal C., Zeller K. A., EMRE Ş., Nakayama D. K.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, vol.56, no.2, pp.429-433, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.09.056
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.429-433
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Disorders of sexual development (DSD) have been documented throughout human history with fascination. Healers of all cultures have struggled to explain, and later correct with surgery, the physical manifestations of DSD. DSD was portrayed in the mythology, legends, and art of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, Babylonians, and Egyptians.