Well, that first successful penile transplant that doctors performed several months ago appears to have worked...extremely well! The 21-year-old man, who has not been identified, had had his penis amputated three years ago to save his life after suffering gangrene from a botched circumcision. In December, Dr. Andre van der Merwe from Stellenbosch University in Cape Town and a team of fellow surgeons performed a nine-hour surgery to transplant what he described as a "good normal penis" harvested from an organ donor. The doctor told BBC News recently that the patient's girlfriend has reported that she is about four months pregnant and this showed that the "transplant...
- 6/13/2015
- E! Online
Good news for men in need of a new penis! The first successful penis transplant was reportedly performed on a 21-year-old man in South Africa. A team of surgeons lead by Professor Andre van der Merwe performed the surgery back in December and are now reporting the transplant was a success. "It's a massive breakthrough. 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," Merwe said (via Sky News). The patient lost his penis three years ago after a ritual circumcision that is a tradition in certain parts of South Africa. "There is a greater need in South Africa for this type of procedure than elsewhere in the world, as...
- 3/13/2015
- E! Online
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