Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Genital reconstructive surgery refers to surgery performed on the genitalia of infants, children, or adults for the purpose of correcting birth defects or other anatomic abnormalities, or for the purpose of transforming normal genitalia of one sex into genitalia resembling the other sex.Reconstructive surgery to correct abnormalities of the genitalia is often performed in infancy, but may be performed at any age. It is discussed more fully as intersex surgery.Reconstructive surgery performed at the request of transgender or transsexual people to transform genitalia associated with one sex to those associated with the other sex is discussed elsewhere as sex reassignment surgery, although many have argued that "genital reconstruction" is a more descriptive phrase than "sex reassignment" because other sex-related characteristics frequently already correspond to the identified gender prior to genital procedures.