Penis transplant guy apparently able to have sex and ejaculate just five weeks later

[SplitDik (imported)]

I'm not sure I really believe this -- I mean having sex (which is generally a pretty vigorous activity) using a penis that had only been sewn on a few weeks before seems pretty risky, plus based on my own experiences with penis surgery you usually don't have any feeling at all for quite a while. But apparently he can ejaculate and everything.

The thing I wonder about is the transplant rejection issue. I think most people who get transplants need to be on immune suppression drugs the rest of their life -- not sure the side effects of that would be worth it. But they've also been working on re-growing penises using your own stem cells and a structural lattice, so maybe those would work better.

I wonder if he got to choose his penis to some degree. They mention matching the skin color. Also, since he actually still had a stump left before the operation, he could have got a really long result -- since they could take the donor cock's full length.

Anyway, good news for those of you who already lost your cocks -- someday maybe you can get a new one. Or maybe some of us can get a longer one.

Also good news for those who want to lose your cocks -- they're looking for donors. They plan nine more transplants this year.

My favorite part is that they use the term "harvested penis" in the diagram accompanying the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... e-sex.html

World's first penis transplant patient is able to have sex with girlfriend weeks after op as surgeons make appeal for donors so other men can have surgery

Man underwent nine hour operation at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa

The penis was donated to the hospital by the family of an organ donor

Nerves and blood vessels were connected by a team of surgeons

Patient made 'rapid' recovery and has regained all functions in the organ

Five weeks after operation was even able to to resume sexual relationship

Surgeons are now appealing for more penis donors following the success

By JANE FLANAGAN IN CAPE TOWN FOR MAILONLINE and MADLEN DAVIES FOR MAIL ONLINE

The 21-year-old man who underwent the world's first successful penis transplant has been able to resume a sexual relationship with this girlfriend just five weeks after the transplant.

Professor Frank Graewe, who took part in the nine-hour surgery on the South African man, said: 'He gets good quality erections, ejaculates and has frequent sex with his partner.'

He said doctors are now also appealing for donors to enable more men to have the operation.

Just five weeks after the transplant was carried out by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, the 21-year-old patient was able to have sex with his partner

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Just five weeks after the transplant was carried out by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, the 21-year-old patient was able to have sex with his partner

World's first successful penis transplant announced by surgeons

The operation was carried out by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, using a donated penis.

The man, who has not been named, lost all but a 1cm stump of his penis three years ago following a botched circumcision.

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He received the donated organ harvested from a man who was declared brain dead.

Professor Graewe said the recipient had accepted the new organ as 'his own' – and added the skin tone of the donor penis is similar to that of the patient.

Image shows the veins and blood vessels in the man's groin area, to which surgeons would connect the transplanted organ

As part of the procedure doctors transplanted a new penis, donated by a deceased man

As part of the procedure, doctors transplanted a new penis, donated by a deceased man. The pictures, left and right, show the veins and blood vessels they connected

'It will never be 100 per cent similar, because even when the individuals have the same skin colour, complexions differ,' the doctor added.

Ten years ago, a man in China received a transplant, but asked surgeons to remove the donated penis two weeks after the operation.

Professor André van der Merwe, who led the operation on December 11 last year, had spent years experimenting on cadavers to see which nerves, blood vessels and other elements had to be joined to guarantee full functioning.

The procedure was performed as part of a pilot study to develop a penile transplant procedure that could be performed in a typical South African hospital.

The planning and preparation for the study started back in 2010.

After extensive research Professor van der Merwe and his surgical team decided to use techniques developed for the first facial transplant.

'There are a number of men who would benefit from this operation but the issue is a lack of donors and also a lack of funding,' he told MailOnline last week.

A follow-up operation enabled the young man to urinate normally, without the aid of a catheter, and the doctors said his overall confidence had risen considerably since the procedure.

The man has made a full recovery - a result which the doctors did not expect to occur until about December 2016.

After the nine hour operation, the man recovered rapidly. The procedure has allowed him to become sexually active again. The picture shows how the nerves of the donated penis were joined to the man's genital region

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After the nine hour operation, the man recovered rapidly. The procedure has allowed him to become sexually active again. The picture shows how the nerves of the donated penis were joined to the man's genital region

Professor van der Merwe said they were surprised by the patient's rapid recovery.

He said: 'Our goal was that he would be fully functional at two years and we are very surprised by his rapid recovery.'

The recipient had sought medical help after being left with a non-functioning stump following a bungled procedure by an inept traditional 'surgeon'.

As many as 250 men are estimated to lose their penises each year in a secret and brutal initiation ceremony conducted by the Xhosa tribe in South Africa. During the month of June, which marks the start of a new harvest, thousands of boys are sent naked into remote areas to survive with little more than a blanket and meagre rations.

The ritual is known as ukwaluka and has been practiced for generations. The ultimate test of the rite of passage is the process of ukwaluka - the cutting of the penis foreskin that is done by an incibi - a traditional surgeon - which symbolises the beginning of manhood. However, infections and other complications are coming causing the death of scores of teenagers. Each year, there are repeated calls for the ritual to be stopped.

Prof Van der Mewe said the success of the procedure meant it could eventually also be extended to men who have lost their penises from penile cancer or as a last-resort treatment for severe erectile dysfunction due to the side effects from medication.

Image shows the nerves in the donated penis, which were joined to the man's groin area. This was the first successful operation of its kind, as a previous attempt did not lead to long-term recovery

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Image shows the nerves in the donated penis, which were joined to the man's groin area. This was the first successful operation of its kind, as a previous attempt did not lead to long-term recovery

While full statistics are not available on the number of non medical circumcisions carried out in Eastern and Southern Africa, reports from the World Health Organization show it is as low as 2 per cent in parts of South Africa and up to 35% per cent in Kenya, CNN reports.

Professor Van der Merwe said: 'The heroes in all of this for me are the donor, and his family. They saved the lives of many people because they donated the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, skin, corneas, and then the penis.'

Professor Graewe said: '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.'

'It was a privilege to be part of this first successful penis transplant in the world.'

Nine more patients will now receive penile transplants.

The South African Government praised the surgeons who performed the operation.

Dr Beth Engelbrecht, head of Western Cape Government Health, said: 'We are very proud to be part of this ground-breaking scientific achievement.

'It is good to know that a young man's life has been significantly changed with this very complex surgical feat.

'From experience we know that penile dysfunction and disfigurement has a major adverse psychological effect on people.'

[wannabe (imported)]

Will he have to take meds so his body doesn't reject it?... Or does he not even need that

[YodaNell (imported)]

This morning on my way to work, I was tuned in on our local radio station and it was mentioned in the news that this guy just impregnated a woman. She is pregnant with his child.

[micdavi24 (imported)]

Which do you listen to KFM or Good Hope.

[YodaNell (imported)]

Which do you listen to KFM or Good Hope.

RSG Radio Station