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MeSH Heading: Gender-Affirming Surgery
Tree Number(s): E02.906.500; E04.617.750; E04.950.449; N04.590.374.268.500.500; N05.300.361.500.500
Unique ID: D057830
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057830
Scope Note: Surgical procedure(s) by which a person's physical appearance and functional abilities are changed to align with their identified gender.
Entry Term(s): Gender Affirming Surgery; Gender Change Surgery; Gender Confirmation Surgery; Gender Reassignment Surgery; Gender-Affirmation Surgery; Sex Reassignment Surgery
NLM Classification #: WO 620
Previous Indexing: Transsexualism/surgery (1968-2010)
See Also: Transsexualism
Public MeSH Note: 2025; see Sex Reassignment Surgery (2011-2024)
History Note: 2025 (2011)
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/10/04
Revision Date: 2024/10/04

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

standards (ST)

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Concept UI: M0539292
Scope Note: Surgical procedure(s) by which a person's physical appearance and functional abilities are changed to align with their identified gender.
Terms: Gender-Affirming Surgery Preferred Term
Term UI T001145494
Date10/04/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Gender Affirming Surgery
Term UI T001144542
Date06/12/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Gender Change Surgery
Term UI T758139
Date09/21/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Gender Confirmation Surgery
Term UI T000925442
Date05/26/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Gender Reassignment Surgery
Term UI T758141
Date09/21/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Gender-Affirmation Surgery
Term UI T001144544
Date06/12/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Sex Reassignment Surgery
Term UI T001145493
Date10/04/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

Gender-Affirming Surgery MeSH Descriptor Data 2025