Donation to female-to-male transgenders?

[Chibiabos (imported)]

I'm kinda curious if this is possible to do or useful at all. Yeah, I am certain there's no way for it to be functional, but ... is it done/possible/a good thing?

If I wind up having it done, why not let someone else have what I am throwing away if they want it?

Oh gawd, brings new meaning to "hand-me-down" ... lol. Seriously though I am curious about this. It won't affect my decision on whether or not to proceed, of course, just a curious question.

[SplitDik (imported)]

Yes, it is possible to transplant penis from one person to another, in fact female-to-male transgenders have been getting this done in Italy. Haven't heard much follow up on them though, so not sure how successful.

http://www.trashcity.org/WEIRD/ODD016.HTM

News you may have missed...

November 1998

Italy doctor seeks world's first penis transplant

By Philip Pullella ROME, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A leading Italian plastic surgeon who has asked health officials for permission to carry out the world's first penis transplant said on Tuesday that he already had three patients ready to undergo the operation. "This is not like the Bobbit case, where his penis was re-implanted," Professor Nicolo Scuderi said referring to the famous case of John Wayne Bobbit, whose penis was re-attached in 1993 after his wife had cut it off. "This would be the first time a penis is transplanted from one body to another, whether it be from a living body or a corpse," he told Reuters in an interview in his office at Rome's Umberto I hospital, Italy's largest. "Technically this would not be a very complicated operation...a transplant is easier than re-attachment," he said.

But Scuderi said it was not clear if a person who received a transplanted penis would be able to have an erection. Scuderi made headlines on Tuesday when a Rome newspaper first reported his recent request to the health ministry. He said he was spurred to make the request after French doctors performed their own surgical first when they transplanted an arm and a hand to an amputee. Three people have told Scuderi they would be willing to undergo the operation. Two are women who have received legal permission to undergo sex change operations and would receive transplanted penises. He said the third is a man who had had his penis amputated in a sex change operation to become a woman but has since "realised it was a mistake" and wants to return to being a man, Scuderi said.

Scuderi's surgical team already carries out penis reconstruction surgery for sex change operations and amputee cases, including those where penises have to be cut off because of cancer. This is usually done by using forearm muscles. "We are ready. We are just waiting for the OK," he said. The penis transplant operations could take place by twinning sex-change patients. A man who wanted to become a woman could donate his penis to a woman who wanted to become a man. He said penises could also be donated by clinically dead patients on life-support equipment, which is a main source of other transplant organs such as hearts, lungs and livers. "We can restore vascularity, we can restore sensitivity to the organ but we don't know how much sensitivity and function will be regained," he said.

Scuderi said whether a patient who received a transplanted organ could have an erection was still an unanswered question. "This is a main concern, a main question and maybe the answer will only be possible after the surgery," he said, adding that there could be large variations in the results. Scuderi acknowledged that ethical questions would have to be addressed, particularly if the risks involved, including immunological ones, could be justififed since the penis was not a vital organ. "Plastic surgery always favours innovation and breaking new frontiers. I don't think that I am the only one that wants to do this type of surgery, I just want to be sure that this type of surgery will benefit the patient," he said. "I don't want only to be the first one. The important thing is to see if the (health ministry) ethical committee will allow this operation. I asked for the ministry's consent because I want to be sure that it is the best thing to do," he said.

Scuderi said that at least at the beginning he would turn down any eventual requests from men who wanted to receive a transplanted organ larger than their natural one. "For the moment the answer is 'no' because the surgery is very complicated and very risky surgery. It's not an aesthetic procedure," he said.

[Bboy]

Can you imagine what it would be like to be dickless and know that the penis you grew up with, masturbated with, etc. was now hanging from someone else's crotch?

For a fictional take on this idea, check out Infrequently Asked Questions Part I (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/I/newea_544213Infreque.htm)and Part II (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/I/newea_162417Infreque.htm)

[Chibiabos (imported)]

I was referring to testicles, actually, heh, as I don't really intend to get rid of my penis. I don't want to become a woman and think I make enough of a mess trying to take a piss as it is, lol.

Thought maybe transplants might be as good as neuticles if a female-to-male transgendered person wanted to at least have the look.

Maybe I'll offer them on e-bay ... ;p

[Kelly_2 (imported)]

I was referring to testicles, actually,

That has been done. In 1999:

http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news_datese ... &Year=1999

DOCTORS PLAN FIRST TESTICLE TRANSPLANT

Scientists are preparing to carry out the first testicle transplant on a boy undergoing cancer treatment who would otherwise have become infertile. If the operation is successful medical researchers believe it will open the way for thousands of infertile men to have such transplants as an alternative to fertility treatment.

And even as early as 1977:

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_repo ... R_ID=23392

Silber in 1977 conducted a testicle transplant between identical twin men, and the transplant recipient has since fathered four children.

I am sure that your donation would be appreciated by those who would want them.

Hugs,

Kelly

[Chibiabos (imported)]

That has been done. In 1999:

http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/news_datese ... &Year=1999

DOCTORS PLAN FIRST TESTICLE TRANSPLANT

Scientists are preparing to carry out the first testicle transplant on a boy undergoing cancer treatment who would otherwise have become infertile. If the operation is successful medical researchers believe it will open the way for thousands of infertile men to have such transplants as an alternative to fertility treatment.

I am sure that your donation would be appreciated by those who would want them.

Hugs,

Kelly

WHOAH .... they can be transplanted and still functional? Gah, that boggles my mind (okay, it doesn't take much)! I wonder if they produce sperm from the DNA of the organ (donor) or if somehow the recipient takes over production. I'm quite un-knowledgeable about such things. I would hate to think some uber-smart doctor might need a transplant, get mine and wind up with kids f'd up like me.

-- Chibiabos

[Mac (imported)]

Will the sperm produced by the transplanted testicles till have the DNA of the original donor? If so, it could possibly create an unwanted problem for the testicle donor.

[N_O_Johnson (imported)]

Will the sperm produced by the transplanted testicles till have the DNA of the original donor?

Yes, how could it be otherwise?

Norman[/B]