World’s First Penis Transplant A Success (Kind Of)
Chinese doctors have succesfully completed the world’s first penis transplant. ‘Sounds hard*. Many men have had organs re-attached after cringe-inducing accidents, but no one has had a transplant before.
Doctors spent 15 hours attaching a 10cm penis to the 44-year-old patient after the parents of a brain-dead man half his age agreed to donate their son’s organ.
(That sound is the minds of millions of American men racing to do conversions in their, ahem, head*. -Ed.)
The procedure, described in a case study due to appear in the journal European Urology next month, represents a big leap forward in transplant surgery; it required complex microsurgery to connect nerves and tiny blood vessels.
The surgical team claims the operation was a success. After 10 days, tests revealed the organ had a rich blood supply and the man was able to urinate normally.
Very cool on the technical side of things, but the guy started to freak out and requested that the doctors remove the implant, which they did. At the time of removal the donor organ and its uh, receiver* showed no signs of rejection.
Man Rejects First Penis Implant - The Guardian Unlimited via Boing Boing (pops)
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*Sometimes the jokes write themselves. Penis.
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