by Staff writer
A 40-year-old dark homo received a penis transplant from a white donor, 17 years after he lost his ain penis inward a routine circumcision.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 squad of South African doctors from Stellenbosch University too the Tygerberg Academic Hospital performed their minute successful penis transplant on the man, whose identity they are withholding, inward April.
The recipient plans to convey his penis medically tattooed too hence that his novel fellow member matches the color of the residuum of his body.
Medical tattooing usually obscures peel imperfections — including vitiligo (patches of white skin) — using flesh-colored pigments.
“A color discrepancy betwixt the recipient too the donor organ volition move corrected alongside medical tattooing betwixt half dozen to 8 months after the operation,” doctors said inward a release.
The 40-year-old homo is the tertiary mortal to have a penis transplant, inward a surgery that took over ix hours.
“The starting fourth dimension time he saw his penis, he was quite emotional too he couldn’t believe that after 17 years he has a penis again,” Prof. Andre van der Merwe said. “He is surely 1 of the happiest patients nosotros convey seen inward our ward,” he said.
The patient is expected to find all urinary too reproductive functions of the penis inside half dozen months of the procedure.
“We aspect him to convey normal erections that permit him to convey normal sexual intercourse,” Van der Merwe said. He is also expected to find total sensation inward his penis.
In Dec 2014, the same squad of doctors performed the world’s starting fourth dimension successful penis transplant.
More than 2 years later, the patient reports that he is doing “extremely well, both physically too mentally,” Van der Merwe said.
“He is living a normal life. His urinary too sexual functions convey returned to normal, too he has virtually forgotten that he had a transplant.”
The minute transplant was performed inward May 2016 at the Massachusetts General Hospital inward Boston.
Penile mutation resulting from botched circumcisions is to a greater extent than mutual inward South Africa than elsewhere inward the world.
Experts approximate that South Africa sees equally many equally 250 partial too consummate amputations every year.
Van der Merwe said in that place would move to a greater extent than transplants — if alone in that place were to a greater extent than penises.
The argue the physical care for is nevertheless rare, he said, is because in that place is a lack of organ donors.
“I intend the lack of penis transplants across the basis since nosotros performed the starting fourth dimension 1 inward 2014, is generally due to a lack of donors.”
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A 40-year-old dark homo received a penis transplant from a white donor, 17 years after he lost his ain penis inward a routine circumcision.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 squad of South African doctors from Stellenbosch University too the Tygerberg Academic Hospital performed their minute successful penis transplant on the man, whose identity they are withholding, inward April.
The recipient plans to convey his penis medically tattooed too hence that his novel fellow member matches the color of the residuum of his body.
Medical tattooing usually obscures peel imperfections — including vitiligo (patches of white skin) — using flesh-colored pigments.
“A color discrepancy betwixt the recipient too the donor organ volition move corrected alongside medical tattooing betwixt half dozen to 8 months after the operation,” doctors said inward a release.
The 40-year-old homo is the tertiary mortal to have a penis transplant, inward a surgery that took over ix hours.
“The starting fourth dimension time he saw his penis, he was quite emotional too he couldn’t believe that after 17 years he has a penis again,” Prof. Andre van der Merwe said. “He is surely 1 of the happiest patients nosotros convey seen inward our ward,” he said.
The patient is expected to find all urinary too reproductive functions of the penis inside half dozen months of the procedure.
“We aspect him to convey normal erections that permit him to convey normal sexual intercourse,” Van der Merwe said. He is also expected to find total sensation inward his penis.
In Dec 2014, the same squad of doctors performed the world’s starting fourth dimension successful penis transplant.
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| A squad from Stellenbosch University (SU) too the Tygerberg Academic Hospital lately performed its minute penis transplant. |
More than 2 years later, the patient reports that he is doing “extremely well, both physically too mentally,” Van der Merwe said.
“He is living a normal life. His urinary too sexual functions convey returned to normal, too he has virtually forgotten that he had a transplant.”
The minute transplant was performed inward May 2016 at the Massachusetts General Hospital inward Boston.
Penile mutation resulting from botched circumcisions is to a greater extent than mutual inward South Africa than elsewhere inward the world.
Experts approximate that South Africa sees equally many equally 250 partial too consummate amputations every year.
Van der Merwe said in that place would move to a greater extent than transplants — if alone in that place were to a greater extent than penises.
The argue the physical care for is nevertheless rare, he said, is because in that place is a lack of organ donors.
“I intend the lack of penis transplants across the basis since nosotros performed the starting fourth dimension 1 inward 2014, is generally due to a lack of donors.”
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