Saturday 14 March 2015
South Africa claims first successful penis transplant
South African doctors have confirmed that they
performed the world’s first successful penis transplant,
three months after conducting the ground-breaking
operation.
The 21-year-old patient had his penis amputated three
years ago after a botched circumcision at a traditional
initiation ceremony.
In a nine-hour operation at the Tygerberg Hospital in
Cape Town on December 11 last year, he received his
new penis from a deceased donor.
“We’ve proved that it can be done — we can give
someone an organ that is just as good as the one that he
had,” said Professor Frank Graewe, head of plastic
reconstructive surgery at Stellenbosch University.
“It was a privilege to be part of this first successful penis
transplant in the world.”
Doctors said the man, whose identity has not been
disclosed, has made a full recovery since the operation
and had regained all his urinary and reproductive
functions.
In 2006, a Chinese man had a penis transplant but his
doctors removed the organ after two weeks due to “a
severe psychological problem of the recipient and his
wife.”
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