Successfully penis transplanting

World’s First Successful Penis Transplant
Happens in South Africa; 21 Year Old Gets Penis
Replaced

A 21 year old man who had his penis cut off after
a botched circumcision has successfully
undergone a penis transplant. The ‘ground-
breaking’ operation took South African surgeons
nine hours to perform, and allowed the patient to
urinate normally and become sexually active
again.
The man who remains unidentified, was forced to
have his penis amputated after a circumcision
exercise went badly. The operation was carried
out by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and
Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa,
using a penis donated from a deceased person.
They said the procedure allowed the man to
regain all function in the newly transplanted
organ. Nine more patients will now receive penile
transplants.
Professor André van der Merwe, head of the
University’s Division of Urology, said they were
surprised by the patient’s rapid recovery.
He said: ‘Our goal was that he would be fully
functional at two years and we are very surprised
by his rapid recovery.
Professor Frank Graewe, another of the hospital’s
surgeons who assisted on the operation, said:
‘It’s a massive breakthrough. We’ve proved that
it can be done – we can give someone an organ
that is just as good as the one that he ha

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