Replacement penis
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:17 pm
(Not sure that I am in the right place)
Article 1:
Explaining How the 1st US Penis Transplant Will Work
By Gillian Mohney, ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/explaining ... d=37058803
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Who Will Be the 1st Recipients?
Initially, doctors will focus on people with post-traumatic deformities, especially veterans wounded in battle, according to Dr. Richard Redett, director of pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
He explained on the hospitals website that many such veterans "have other injuries which make conventional penile reconstruction not feasible," which uses an implant and tissue from other parts of the patient's body.
Additionally, the recipient will have to undergo a battery of tests, including psychiatric evaluations before being approved for surgery.
"Psychiatric evaluations for patients can take up to a year," Carisa Cooney, clinical research manager, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, explained on the website. "Theres a significant loss with the initial injury that the patient has to overcome emotionally, so we make sure to have a psychiatrist, who is also an expert in psychosexual disorders, on the team."
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ARTICLE 2:
http://mic.com/articles/135739/johns-ho ... .Z5LBEwExd
Johns Hopkins Surgeons Are About to Attempt the US' First Penis Transplant
By Joe Levine of MIC
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Physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are preparing to perform the first ever penis transplant surgery in the United States. The patient is a U.S. combat veteran who suffered extensive damage in an explosion during a deployment in Afghanistan, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The unidentified man will undergo the operation once the hospital finds a suitable penis from a deceased organ donor.
Read More: Here's What It's Like to Have Sex With a Bionic Penis
"These genitourinary injuries are not things we hear about or read about very often," Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins, told the New York Times. "I think one would agree it is as devastating as anything that our wounded warriors suffer, for a young man to come home in his early 20s with the pelvic area completely destroyed."
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ARTICLE 3:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-p ... SKCN0VR1GM
Wounded U.S. soldier soon to receive first U.S. penis transplant
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A U.S. soldier wounded in an explosion will be the first person in the United States to receive a penis transplant, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital said, which could open the way for about 60 other servicemen with genital injuries to have this surgery.
Surgeons hope a donated organ from a recently deceased man will provide full function including urination, sensation and sex. The surgery requires joining nerves and blood vessels under a microscope.
Doctors and advocates who work with wounded soldiers note that the loss of the penis is one of the most emotionally traumatic injuries because it affects a sense of identity and manhood, especially for men hoping to become fathers.
"When you meet these guys and you realize what they've given for the country, it makes a lot of sense," Dr. Richard Redett, a plastic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital who will help perform the operation, told Reuters.
The recipient, who was not identified, lost most of his penis and had substantial groin injuries in a bomb explosion while deployed overseas. Media reports have said he was wounded in Afghanistan.
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Article 1:
Explaining How the 1st US Penis Transplant Will Work
By Gillian Mohney, ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/explaining ... d=37058803
...
Who Will Be the 1st Recipients?
Initially, doctors will focus on people with post-traumatic deformities, especially veterans wounded in battle, according to Dr. Richard Redett, director of pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
He explained on the hospitals website that many such veterans "have other injuries which make conventional penile reconstruction not feasible," which uses an implant and tissue from other parts of the patient's body.
Additionally, the recipient will have to undergo a battery of tests, including psychiatric evaluations before being approved for surgery.
"Psychiatric evaluations for patients can take up to a year," Carisa Cooney, clinical research manager, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, explained on the website. "Theres a significant loss with the initial injury that the patient has to overcome emotionally, so we make sure to have a psychiatrist, who is also an expert in psychosexual disorders, on the team."
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ARTICLE 2:
http://mic.com/articles/135739/johns-ho ... .Z5LBEwExd
Johns Hopkins Surgeons Are About to Attempt the US' First Penis Transplant
By Joe Levine of MIC
...
Physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are preparing to perform the first ever penis transplant surgery in the United States. The patient is a U.S. combat veteran who suffered extensive damage in an explosion during a deployment in Afghanistan, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The unidentified man will undergo the operation once the hospital finds a suitable penis from a deceased organ donor.
Read More: Here's What It's Like to Have Sex With a Bionic Penis
"These genitourinary injuries are not things we hear about or read about very often," Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins, told the New York Times. "I think one would agree it is as devastating as anything that our wounded warriors suffer, for a young man to come home in his early 20s with the pelvic area completely destroyed."
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ARTICLE 3:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-p ... SKCN0VR1GM
Wounded U.S. soldier soon to receive first U.S. penis transplant
...
A U.S. soldier wounded in an explosion will be the first person in the United States to receive a penis transplant, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital said, which could open the way for about 60 other servicemen with genital injuries to have this surgery.
Surgeons hope a donated organ from a recently deceased man will provide full function including urination, sensation and sex. The surgery requires joining nerves and blood vessels under a microscope.
Doctors and advocates who work with wounded soldiers note that the loss of the penis is one of the most emotionally traumatic injuries because it affects a sense of identity and manhood, especially for men hoping to become fathers.
"When you meet these guys and you realize what they've given for the country, it makes a lot of sense," Dr. Richard Redett, a plastic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital who will help perform the operation, told Reuters.
The recipient, who was not identified, lost most of his penis and had substantial groin injuries in a bomb explosion while deployed overseas. Media reports have said he was wounded in Afghanistan.
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