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First Successful Penis Transplant

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-go-first dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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

 
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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:32PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday March 15 2015, @04:32PM (#158042) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by janrinok on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:03PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:03PM (#158051) Journal

    Ah, someone who hasn't read TFA. Yes, they have reattached the nerves successfully. So well that he got an erection...

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    • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:07PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:07PM (#158053)
      That's what I call a dick move.

    • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:11PM (#158054)

      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: 2) by kaszz on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:27PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Sunday March 15 2015, @05:27PM (#158061) Journal

      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

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 15 2015, @06:51PM (#158081) Journal

        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!

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