ESPE Abstracts

Controversy continues regarding surgery in infancy to address atypical genitalia in girls with CAH and other Disorders of Sex Development. There is no consensus to surgical approach. Interest in outcomes of the range of surgical and non-surgical interventions for genital diversity is growing. It is widely acknowledged that the multi-professional management to promote long term psychosocial adaptation of the child based partly on confident parenting is essential. We conducted a...

It is acknowledged that children should collaborate in research about their health conditions, and DSD research has been criticised for promoting views of parents and health professionals. However parents are concerned about professionals talking to children about sensitive subjects including fertility and sexual activity. Children may have little experience of talking about their sex development. This makes direct research involving children with DSD particularly challenging....