Disorders of sexual development: Small patients, big decisions
Hüseyin Özbey
İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Çocuk Ürolojisi Bilim Dalı, İstanbul
Keywords: Disorders of sexual development, gender, intersex
Abstract
Most of the time, diagnosis and treatment of the disorders of sexual development requires difficult and urgent decisions. However, those treatments must be accurate, appropriate and should not include irreversible surgical treatments, since the only person without consent is the patient himself or herself.