Gender-affirming surgery is a set of surgical procedures used to help a person’s body better match their gender identity, according to medical sources. It can involve chest, genital, and facial procedures, and some operations are also used in non-transgender care for the same underlying anatomy. [1][4][6]
You may also see these surgeries called gender-confirmation surgery, sex reassignment surgery, or by procedure-specific names such as top surgery, vaginoplasty, or phalloplasty. The exact terminology varies by clinic and source, but the core idea is the same: altering anatomy to better align with gender identity. [6][9][1][2]