These surgeries aim to retain or restore sensation and function in the clitoris, often employing nerve-sparing techniques.
Examples of clitoral reconstruction include its use to mitigate congenital malformation or repair damage caused by female genital mutilation.
[1][2] Clitoral reconstruction after female genital mutilation involves surgery to expose the remaining deep structures of the clitoris.
Unlike clitoridectomy, the amputation of part of the clitoris, commonly considered a form of female genital mutilation, modern clitoral reduction surgery aims to preserve sensation and function through the use of nerve-sparing microsurgical techniques.
[7] In female-to-male gender-affirming surgery, metoidioplasty is an operation in which the clitoris is repositioned to create a neophallus.