Science never ceases to amaze.
For the first time in medical history, a human penis transplant has been declared successful.
Doctors at the Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in South Africa performed the surgery back in December. The patient, a 21-year-old male from the Xhosa tribe, lost his penis three years earlier during a botched circumcision. After nine hours on the operating table and several months recuperating, doctors announced last week that the man’s penis is “fully functional.”
“We’ve proved that it can be done — we can give someone an organ that is just as good as the one that he had,” Frank Graewe, head of the Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery at Stellenbosch University, said in a statement. “It was a privilege to be part of this first successful penis transplant in the world.”
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Doctors originally expected it would take about two years for the patient to achieve full use his new penis, but he recovered much sooner than anyone expected.
“We are very surprised by his rapid recovery,” said Andre Van der Merwe, the surgeon who led the operation and the head of Urology at Stellenbosch University.
Van der Merwe says he was worried about how the patient would cope psychologically after the operation. But there was no need for concern. “My joy was, with this guy,” he said. “He immediately accepted it. He was so happy to have a functioning penis again.”
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Scott Covil
Where did the transplant come from?
Captain Obvious
That is absolutely disgusting.
How long before people start stealing penises to sell on the “black market”?
robco
I guess that’s another organ to add to the donation list on your card.
Cue the jokes now: “I wouldn’t fuck you with his dick. Unless…”
jwtraveler
If the Xhosas stop cutting off the men’s penises, they won’t have a need for transplants. At the very least they should have the circumcision done by a trained medical professional.
jfer
Right, just avoid cutting off a healthy foreskin and you won’t be in this mess…
Billy Budd
Circumcision is primitive and barbaric.
polarisfashion
Cool, I want a bigger one!
MacAdvisor
“The patient… lost his penis three years earlier during a botched circumcision.”
How badly does one botch a circumcision to cut off a penis?! That is like pulling on a thread and the whole house falls down.
Ruhlmann
So you take home a skinny white guy who takes off his pants and he’s got a big black dick. Is that bad? Is that good?
dannyboy22
Wow this might be an amazing step for the trans community 🙂 It could help trans who identify as male having functioning sexual organs! I’m really happy for them 🙂
Abaca
Sadly, that wouldn’t work.
GG
@MacAdvisor: Sadly, botched circumcisions happen with regularity.
GG
Who was the donor? Jenner or Coulter?
Matt1961
@GG:
Internet Gold right there!
Clark35
If they stopped mutilating men’s genitals there would be no need for this.
Yes indeed they do GG even in hospitals in North America too.
@dannyboy22: I read an article on this on Forbes.com that said how the man who had this surgery already had a penis that was only 1 inch long, and how the person who has the surgery has to actually be male with testicles and a penis-not a clit like trans “men” have, and they’re still not sure if the penis transplant was actually a success or works in the longterm.
TemptyK
Proud of my country South Africa and circumcision is part of our culture, so much that it’s performed at clinics and hospitals FREE OF CHARGE. Also, you’re sadly mistaken if you think Xhosas are the only tribe whose men undergo circumcision. There are Northern Sothos, Southern Sothos, Swatis and four other tribes that do. I should know; I’m from South Africa!!! Deal with it or build a fucking bridge and get the hell over it. Rock your anteater with pride and stop trying to make everyone like you, after all, misery loves company. This is AFRICA!
georgemed222
Fortunately, not something most men will need. It’s more important for a guy to pay attention to the health of his tool. Using a top drawer penis health crème (health professionals recommend Man1 Man Oil) can help with unwanted odor, dry or flaky skin, loss of sensation, etc.