Posted on 03/13/2015 8:24:10 PM PDT by Steelfish
South African University Performs Successful Penis Transplant STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — A South African university said Friday that it had performed a successful penis transplant. The transplant was done in a nine-hour operation last December by specialists from the faculty of medicine and health services at the University of Stellenbosch.
The patient had his penis amputated three years ago following complications from a circumcision performed in his late teens, the university said. The 21-year-old patient, whose name was not released, "has made a full recovery and has regained all function in the newly transplanted organ," the university near Cape Town in southwestern South Africa said. It was at least the second time the procedure had been attempted.
The university did not give any details of the organ donor, but said "finding a donor was one of the major challenges." A man in China received a penis transplant in 2005. That operation also appeared to be successful, but doctors said the man asked them to remove his new penis two weeks later because of psychological problems experienced by him and his wife.
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I guess this is what you would call a hard news story.
LOL, no way am I going to touch this subject. Then again, who was the doctor, Oscar Wiener?
So the rich can have two now?
Dr Wiener assisted by specialist John Bobbit.
Guessing the demand for asian replacement penis’ is pretty soft.
Well! I should say so, hopefully this young man is very rich as a result of some quack's clumsiness.
Sort of thing you's expect to hear about from drunken Russian doctors from the bad old Soviet days.
Actually it is a very good thing. Losing your ability to procreate and enjoy sex would be devastating to a young man.
Probably a life destroying act then a chance at recovery.
If Obama would just move there.
Reminds me of the successful Bulgarian appendix transplant...an old joke from years ago.
Can they do testicle transplants on GOPers?
Oh for Pete’s sake.
Man wakes up in hospital after accident.
Doctor says good news and bad news.
Bad news is, you severed your penis, good news is we can replace it at $10,000 per inch.
Discuss it with your wife and I’ll see you tomorrow.
Dr. comes back the next day and asks if they made a decision.
The wife says “We’re getting granite counter tops.”
they call the procedure “Ridiculous”
“finding a donor was one of the major challenges.”
You know doc, I don’t use my left arm a lot, you can just take it at the shoulder.......
“the man asked them to remove his new penis”
(Shudder)
If you can get past that statement, you can begin to think of your peter as a ‘loaner’.
Or if married, a ‘loner’.
LOLOL! That’s brilliant.
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