A 21-year-old man in South Africa has received the world’s first successful penis transplant and accepts the organ as his own, doctors said on Friday.
The operation took a team of surgeons nine hours and has allowed the patient to become sexually active.The man’s penis was amputated three years ago after a circumcision went wrong at a traditional initiation ceremony. The patient, who has not been named, received the new organ from a deceased donor on 11 December and has regained all functions.
Professor Andre van der Merwe, head of the urology division at Stellenbosch University, whose staff carried out the operation at Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town, said the recipient is doing “extremely well” both physically and psychologically.
“The patient accepted the penis as his own,” he told the eNews Channel Africa (eNCA). “He told me in no uncertain terms that the fact it belonged to somebody else is completely out of his mind and he’s moved on with this as his own penis. That’s absolutely the way we want it.”
Source:The Guardian
(Score: 3, Funny) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:20PM
Let me be the first to flop right down and expand upon the potentially thorny issue.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 1) by BK on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:40PM
No need to be such a dick about it...
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @07:10PM
This is a big issue, we must penetrate the subject if we want to come to a conclusion.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by TLA on Monday March 16 2015, @02:22AM
Um, well, the *thrust* of my work will be to *erect* a series of *hard* protocols, designed to *penetrate* the *ins* and *outs* of tissue transplantation on sexual performance. Hopefully, it will all *come* together.
Excuse me, I think I need to reboot my horse. - NCommander
(Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:24PM
At last 'Percy' becomes a reality.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067568/ [imdb.com]
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:17PM
Coming soon: boner donor bank.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday March 15 2015, @07:50PM
I want a big, black one to put up somebody's momma's ass.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:32PM
Did they succeed to reconnect the nerves? That's usually what makes the difference between having something attached, and being able to make use of it. And if those nerves can be reattached, then full body transplants may also be within reach.
(Score: 5, Informative) by janrinok on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:03PM
Ah, someone who hasn't read TFA. Yes, they have reattached the nerves successfully. So well that he got an erection...
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:07PM
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:11PM
Here's an idea for improving solynet:
Convert all links in a summary to bounce off soylent first so that the system knows who at least clicked through to TFA. Any non-AC who clicks through and then waits at least X minutes before posting gets a +1 mod for "probably RTFA."
Not that such a scheme would be foolproof, but given all the rando dicking around we've had with the moderation system so far, that seems like a simple mechanical way to encourage more informed posts.
(Score: 3, Touché) by takyon on Sunday March 15 2015, @10:47PM
At least touché got the accent.
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(Score: 2) by TLA on Monday March 16 2015, @08:21AM
it's not an accent, you're looking at es erection.
Excuse me, I think I need to reboot my horse. - NCommander
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:27PM
I think the erection control lies within the body. So it may be like a penis with numbing cream all over.
(Score: 3, Funny) by janrinok on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:51PM
Well the recipient is entirely happy with it, so that's the most important thing.
I actually typed 'most impotent thing' before correcting the spelling!
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:35PM
I'm glad for him that he may have the chance at a more normal life after the male genital mutilation complication he suffered through, but I think it is noteworthy how the doctors say that he recognizes the member as his own.
In a world where penis panics are a thing, I'm hoping that he will be psychologically strong to endure harmful thoughts he, his wife and his tribe may send his way.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @08:34AM
His first action was to cut the end off.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:40PM
The doctor's lawyer can show the jury a picture and comment: "What a dick!"
(Score: 3, Funny) by tathra on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:31PM
this brings new meaning to the phrase, "I wouldn't fuck her with your dick!"
(Score: 4, Funny) by tathra on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:34PM
we might also expect to see black-market operations to sell people larger dicks. "Increase your penis size!" emails can now be taken at face value.
(Score: 2) by ticho on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:16PM
...and in a few years, Rent-A-Penis services will be all over red-light districts around the world.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday March 15 2015, @10:58PM
Just wait until they can grow these things from your own cells.
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(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Monday March 16 2015, @01:36AM
We've already covered that and the implications are disturbing [soylentnews.org].
1702845791×2
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday March 16 2015, @08:44AM
How could I possibly have missed this FA?
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Entropy on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:22PM
Do you get into college with lower scores than are normally required?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday March 15 2015, @07:52PM
No, but you get to bang more curious girls who have been indoctrinated with MTV's race-mixing propaganda, and you get to give 'em STDs too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:27PM
Coz, you know, you really, really don't know where it's been.
(Score: 3, Funny) by J.J. Dane on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:29PM
I'm sure they boiled it first..
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @07:08PM
Does... doesn't that mean he's gay if he touches another man's peepee?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by rts008 on Sunday March 15 2015, @07:23PM
No.
But you may be for thinking of it. ;-)
Besides, who but a homophobe would even care? As a strict heterosexual male, I know I don't care about the sexual preferences of others.
Grow up and DO get an education; homosexuality is not a contagious desease like leprosy.
(Score: 4, Informative) by tibman on Sunday March 15 2015, @07:46PM
Intent matters!
SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @11:31PM
Amputate a clitoris, attach a penis.
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday March 16 2015, @01:00PM
> Amputate a clitoris, attach a penis.
You joke, but there are some people who would love to swap their female genitalia for male. Not all gender reassignments are male->female you know.
Does this procedure open up any new possibilities in the field of female->male gender reassignment?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @12:15AM
That surgery took nine hours? Hmmm ...
- it really took 6 hours, but everything is longer on the internet.
- that took a long time. I bet they were dicking around a lot.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @12:48AM
First Successful Penis Transplant
Well, that's a dick move.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @01:03AM
So very redundant.
(Score: 2) by TLA on Monday March 16 2015, @02:18AM
I'm bequeathing my member to cetacean reproductive research by artificial insemination.
Excuse me, I think I need to reboot my horse. - NCommander
(Score: 3, Touché) by Jaruzel on Monday March 16 2015, @11:26AM
I held off commenting on this thread as I wanted to see the comment fallout. I foolishly hoped it wouldn't be so, but no, I was proven right; You are all children - you can't even have a mature conversation about a fairly important medical milestone.
THIS is why I don't frequent SN as much as I used to - the quality of comments is so low, it's just not worth the effort most of the time.
This is my opinion, there are many others, but this one is mine.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @01:38PM
Well, if all the mature people remain silent, don't be be surprised that all comments are from immature people.
I also didn't comment, but for the simple reason that I had nothing worthwhile to say about it.
(Score: 1) by albert on Monday March 16 2015, @04:44PM
pics or it didn't happen