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The first US penis transplant was successfully performed in 2016. Last year, a uterus transplant recipient gave birth for the first time in the US, too. Now, doctors at Johns Hopkins University have successfully transplanted an entire penis and scrotum to a young serviceman who sustained injuries in Afghanistan resulting in the loss of his genitals.
"We are hopeful that this transplant will help restore near-normal urinary and sexual functions for this young man," said Johns Hopkins' W.P. Andrew Lee, M.D. in a statement. Nine plastic surgeons and two urological specialists took 14 hours to transplant a deceased donor's entire penis and scrotum (minus testicles), along with a partial abdominal wall, to the young man, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/23/johns-hopkins-penis-scrotum-transplant/
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:58AM (1 child)
did they at least consider these: https://www.neuticles.com/ [neuticles.com] ?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:37PM
Fake testicles aren't going to help much if you don't have a scrotum to hold 'em. And even if you did, I doubt it would help your self esteem much to look down at your nice fat sack hanging there all by itself...
On a related note, if this works successfully it could be the beginning of the end for porn - who would want random strangers everywhere knowing just how big their package is, what with the price of black-market groin transplants being what it is? You thought being mugged for your wallet was bad!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @04:25AM (3 children)
That stands for "dick shot off". It has a long history, dating back at least to a world war.
This is one of the more terrifying possible injuries. You can lose an eye or a foot and still feel 100% manly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @04:49AM
It originally stood for Distinguished Service Order. Then, along came the humourists.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:12AM (1 child)
Seems the young man can put the truck balls away now.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:06PM
Nothing sounds more gay then a man buying a nut sack for his truck so he can be "inside" of his male truck. Good job closet queers.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday April 24 2018, @07:41AM (2 children)
I hope the doctors are happy with themselves -- this sounds like a total dick move.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @11:14AM
She's pregnant? But you said you wouldn't fuck her with my dick!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @10:03AM
Ballsy move too
(Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:02AM (2 children)
In 2016 someone successfully transplanted an entire penis and scrotum into the White House.
(Score: 5, Funny) by takyon on Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:01PM
There is a chance that the organs(s) may be rejected in a process known as impeachment.
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(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:36PM
And there were no testicles included in that transplant either.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:28AM
Castratii rejoice!
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(Score: 2) by stormwyrm on Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:49PM
There was that case in South Africa reported a few years back [soylentnews.org]. Seems that operation was very successful, as he seems to have regained full function, even to sexual activity. In this story though it kinda looks like the patient lost quite a bit more than just his dick. It also mentions that they didn't also transplant the testicles. I wonder why. Is it because he still had viable testicles, or were there other concerns? Hopefully the poor guy gets at least as much back as that fellow in South Africa did. The article is still a bit thin on details, I guess because the transplant just happened and he's still under observation.
Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate.
(Score: 2) by CoolHand on Tuesday April 24 2018, @01:53PM (1 child)
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job-Douglas Adams
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:01PM
And a bunch of dickless (or at best traded down) poor people? I can see the seeds of the next revolution in this, with the wealthy elite being castrated rather than beheaded.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:45PM
It's called "Addadicktome."
#include <rimshot.h>
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:17PM (2 children)
How many more years until two trans-gender people can swap genitals? Then people paying $$ for a contract to get the big genitals of a guy after he dies? I'd be happy to accept 10k now if someone wants my dick in 20 years. Well, I guess my old limp dick wouldn't be fought after, so perhaps that market won't exist except for teenage deaths.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @04:39PM (1 child)
Well, assuming World War 3 isn't the end of modern civilization, after which will come another 1,000 years of darkness (it seems to be a cycle the humans like to go through), I'd give it 50 years.
It's entirely another question whether that will ever be accessible to people in the working class. I'm guessing the answer is a big fat fucking never.
Let me put it to you this way. It's trivial to prevent a trans girl from being exposed to testosterone, allowing her to have the appearance and voice of a cis^H^H^H normal woman. The technology to do that amazing thing costs roughly $30 per month. A trans girl could afford that entirely herself with a paper route. How often do you ever see that happen? How about nev... ok, very rarely. Advanced infiltrators of that caliber are a mortal threat to the elites and the residual chauvinisms and bigotries that have been foisted on to the working class during the past 40 years of identity politics--the very underpinnings of the capability to reduce the value of certain people's lives to zero and turn them into cannon fodder to fight their wars for blood oil.
You're challenging the very basis of "women and children" vs. "military aged males." The elites won't have that.
And now you know the rest of the story.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @10:11AM
Why is it 30 per month? Why not just remove both testicles? If you are still so attached to your balls you're not a girl.
(Score: 1) by Ken on Tuesday April 24 2018, @05:04PM (1 child)
Now we can be Dickheads all over again
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:13AM
I think you need a surgeon with a better grasp of anatomy.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @05:28PM
twig and berries catalog vol 3.
(Score: 2) by snufu on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:09AM
the opposite of clickbait?