ESPE Abstracts

Background: Few studies have focused on the quality of life (QoL) of patients with disorders of sex development (DSD).Objective and hypotheses: Our aim was to evaluate QoL in DSD patients with defined diagnoses followed until adulthood in a single tertiary centre.Method: Subjects: adult DSD patients (56 patients with 46,XX DSD – 49 with female social sex and seven with male social sex as well as 88 patients with 46,XY DSD &#15...

Introduction: DSD patients present varied degrees of atypical genitalia. The social sex assignment and the surgery decisions must be proceeded by a multidisciplinary team approach with the family. Surgeries should be only performed by experienced surgeons. The current trend is the early correction, but some patients and non-governmental entities argue that the surgeries should be delayed until the patient’s consent.Objective...

Context: Differences in sex development (DSD) represent a broad spectrum of conditions that can present at different ages to various healthcare professionals with different backgrounds.Design: This is a retrospective, observational cohort that includes all DSD subjects referred to a multi-professional DSD team over a period of 41 years (from 1980 to 2021).Participants: A total of 6...