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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 17 2015, @07:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the find-big-donors dept.

The New York Times reports that Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has decided to perform up to 60 penis transplants on "men injured in combat."

The operation is experimental, and only two previous attempts have been reported: an unsuccessful one in China, and a successful one in South Africa. Because the procedure is so rare, the medical team will be seeking explicit consent from the families of organ donors, who may not have contemplated the use of their penises in this manner. One physician noted that, should the transplantation program meet with success, there will be interest in the surgery by transgender people.

A Department of Defense database shows that "from 2001 to 2013, 1,367 men in military service suffered wounds to the genitals in Iraq or Afghanistan."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @01:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @01:32PM (#277660)

    I signed up years ago for the organ/tissue donor program when I kick the bucket. I had no idea it might involve being a boner donor.

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday December 17 2015, @05:22PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday December 17 2015, @05:22PM (#277773)

    Well,, now you can rise from the dead.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @06:45PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @06:45PM (#277814)

      Well,, now you can rise from the dead.

      He can also rise to the occasion.

    • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday December 17 2015, @09:07PM

      by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 17 2015, @09:07PM (#277900) Journal

      Just like Osiris. Who also had a penis transplant.

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