Posted on 04/23/2018 11:43:38 PM PDT by aquila48
Doctors in the United States have performed the world’s first penis and scrotum transplant, performing the surgery on a US military sergeant severely injured several years ago in an IED blast in Afghanistan.
The man, whose name was not given, is recovering well and expected to regain both urinary and sexual function, said Richard Redett, who led the transplant team.
He told a press conference on Monday in Baltimore, where the team at Johns Hopkins hospital worked, that the patient underwent 14 hours of surgery in late March.
It is not the world’s first penis transplant – that was carried out in 2014 in South Africa – and nor is it the first in the US. That was in 2016 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
It is, however, the most significant transplant to date.
In addition to a large skin graft covering part of the sergeant’s abdomen, penis and scrotum, surgeons connected three arteries, four veins and two nerves to provide blood flow and sensation to the donated tissue. His internal organs were not damaged by the blast.
The sergeant did not receive testicles from his donor to avoid the ethical issues that might ensue if he later had children, said Damon Cooney, another transplant team member. The testicles would have contained sperm from the recently deceased donor.
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(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
“Oh it’s twue, it’s twue, it’s twue...”
Finally get those additional 2 inches. I think most men would sign up immediately quite frankly. Every guy wants 9”
I won't cut off 4 inches for nobody ...
“Damn, this water’s cold”
“It’s deep, too!”
What the article left out was he will need Opioids for the rest of his life. And Sessions will see that he doesn’t get them. It is highly unusual that the VA will go this far in reconstruction after this type wound.
One man’s junk, is another man’s treasure!
The sense of humor on this forum is one of its many highlights. This is hilarious and witty. I can’t come up with these things so I admire those who can.
This is FR.
Well, that's a relief. I don't have anything to worry about on this.
Any possibility you’d take the time to read the article before posting?
*** “expected to regain both urinary and sexual function” ***
Nope... ain’t gonna happen
That will be a One Way Street
lol. So true.
If I were a porn star, my stage name would be Rod Long.
Tonto Kolowski
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