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Wouter B. van der Sluis

Biography​

Wouter B. van der Sluis is a plastic surgeon at Amsterdam UMC and Gender Clinic.1 He completed doctoral research on genital surgery for transgender women in 2016.1

Contributions​

Van der Sluis's cited work covers phalloplasty, scrotal reconstruction, and penile implants after phalloplasty in transgender men. It also covers penile inversion, skin graft and intestinal vaginoplasty, vulvoplasty, and postoperative neovaginal complications.23456

Cited on WARWIKI

19 publications with Wouter B. van der Sluis as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. van der Sluis WB, Smit JM, Pigot GLS, et al. "Double Flap Phalloplasty in Transgender Men: Surgical Technique and Outcome of Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty Combined With Radial Forearm Free Flap Urethral Reconstruction." Microsurgery. 2017;37(8):917–923. doi
    Cited on: Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) Flap · Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty · Phallic Urethra: Prelaminated Buccal Mucosa Graft
  2. van der Sluis WB, Schäfer T, Nijhuis THJ, Bouman MB. Genital gender-affirming surgery for transgender women. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2023;86:102297. doi
    Cited on: Feminizing Gender-Affirming Surgery · Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV) · Bilateral Simple Orchiectomy (Gender-Affirming)
  3. Pigot GL, Al-Tamimi M, van der Sluis WB, et al. "Scrotal reconstruction in transgender men undergoing genital gender-affirming surgery without urethral lengthening: a stepwise approach." Urology. 2020;146:303. doi
    Cited on: Scrotal Reconstruction · Masculinizing Gender-Affirming Surgery · Masculinizing Scrotoplasty
  4. Pigot GLS, Sigurjónsson H, Ronkes B, Al-Tamimi M, van der Sluis WB. Surgical Experience and Outcomes of Implantation of the ZSI 100 FtM Malleable Penile Implant in Transgender Men After Phalloplasty. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2020;17(1):152-158. doi
    Cited on: Malleable (Semirigid) Penile Prosthesis · Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty · Masculinizing Gender-Affirming Surgery
  5. van der Sluis WB, Pigot GLS, Al-Tamimi M, et al. "A Retrospective Cohort Study on Surgical Outcomes of Penile Prosthesis Implantation Surgery in Transgender Men After Phalloplasty." Urology. 2019;132:195–201. doi
    Cited on: Radial Forearm Free Flap (RFFF) · Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty · Erectile Prosthesis (Penile Implant) After Gender-Affirming Phalloplasty
  6. Van der Sluis WB, Bouman MB, Buncamper ME, Mullender MG, Meijerink WJ. Revision vaginoplasty: a comparison of surgical outcomes of laparoscopic intestinal versus perineal full-thickness skin graft vaginoplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016;138(4):793–800. doi
    Cited on: Full-Thickness Skin Graft (FTSG) · Intestinal Vaginoplasty (Sigmoid / Ileum / Right Colon) · Neovaginal Stenosis Management — Stepwise
  7. van der Sluis WB, Tuynman JB, Meijerink WJHJ, Bouman MB. Laparoscopic intestinal vaginoplasty in transgender women: an update on surgical indications, operative technique, perioperative care, and short- and long-term postoperative issues. Urol Clin North Am. 2019;46(4):527–539. doi
    Cited on: Intestinal Vaginoplasty (Sigmoid / Ileum / Right Colon) · Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV) · Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty
  8. Buncamper ME, van der Sluis WB, de Vries M, et al. Penile inversion vaginoplasty with or without additional full-thickness skin graft: to graft or not to graft? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017;139(3):649e–656e. doi
    Cited on: Full-Thickness Skin Graft (FTSG) · Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV) · Skin Graft Vaginoplasty (FTSG / STSG Canal Augmentation)
  9. Levy M, van der Sluis WB, van Abbema EL, et al. Hydraulic and Malleable Female-to-Male Penile Implants After Phalloplasty in Transgender Individuals: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis. BJU International. 2025. doi
    Cited on: Malleable (Semirigid) Penile Prosthesis · Erectile Prosthesis (Penile Implant) After Gender-Affirming Phalloplasty
  10. van der Sluis WB, Steensma TD, Timmermans FW, et al. Gender-confirming vulvoplasty in transgender women in the Netherlands: incidence, motivation analysis, and surgical outcomes. J Sex Med. 2020;17(8):1566–1573. doi
    Cited on: Feminizing Gender-Affirming Surgery · Zero-Depth / Shallow-Depth Vulvoplasty (Gender-Confirming Vulvoplasty)
  11. Buncamper ME, van der Sluis WB, van der Pas RSD, et al. Surgical outcome after penile inversion vaginoplasty: a retrospective study of 475 transgender women. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016;138(5):999–1007. doi
    Cited on: Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV) · Rectoneovaginal Fistula (RNVF) Repair
  12. Nijhuis THJ, Özer M, van der Sluis WB, et al. The bilateral pedicled epilated scrotal flap: a powerful adjunctive for creation of more neovaginal depth in penile inversion vaginoplasty. J Sex Med. 2020;17(5):1033–1040. doi
    Cited on: Feminizing Labiaplasty — Labia Majora and Labia Minora Construction

Footnotes​

  1. Sluis, van der, W. B. (Dr.). Amsterdam UMC. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  2. van der Sluis WB, Smit JM, Pigot GLS, et al. "Double Flap Phalloplasty in Transgender Men: Surgical Technique and Outcome of Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap Phalloplasty Combined With Radial Forearm Free Flap Urethral Reconstruction." Microsurgery. 2017;37(8):917–923. doi:10.1002/micr.30190 ↩

  3. van der Sluis WB, Pigot GLS, Al-Tamimi M, et al. "A Retrospective Cohort Study on Surgical Outcomes of Penile Prosthesis Implantation Surgery in Transgender Men After Phalloplasty." Urology. 2019;132:195–201. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2019.06.010 ↩

  4. Van der Sluis WB, Bouman MB, Buncamper ME, Mullender MG, Meijerink WJ. Revision vaginoplasty: a comparison of surgical outcomes of laparoscopic intestinal versus perineal full-thickness skin graft vaginoplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016;138(4):793–800. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000002598 ↩

  5. Pigot GL, Al-Tamimi M, van der Sluis WB, et al. "Scrotal reconstruction in transgender men undergoing genital gender-affirming surgery without urethral lengthening: a stepwise approach." Urology. 2020;146:303. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2020.09.017 ↩

  6. van der Sluis WB, Schäfer T, Nijhuis THJ, Bouman MB. Genital gender-affirming surgery for transgender women. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2023;86:102297. doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2022.102297 ↩