SA man who underwent penis transplant had been without a penis for 17 years
The University of Stellenbosch has performed its second penis transplant operation, after doing the world’s first at Tygerberg Hospital in December 2014. This is the third penis transplant conducted to date globally, with the second one conducted in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital. The recipient‚ a 40-year-old man‚ has been without a penis for 17 years after a botched traditional circumcision. "He is certainly one of the happiest patients we have seen in our ward. He is doing remarkably well. There are no signs of rejection and all the reconnected structures seem to be healing well‚" said Prof Andre Van der Merwe‚ head of the division of urology at Stellenbosch University’s faculty of medicine and health sciences. The patient is expected to regain full use of his penis within six months of the transplant‚ it was said in the release. Medical tattooing will be used to correct the colour discrepancy between the recipient and the donor organ in six to eight months after the ope...
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