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Soldier wounded to receive first penis transplant in the USA
Soldier wounded in explosion will be the first person in the US to receive a penis transplant - just as soon as a donor with the same skin tone and age is found
- Wounded soldier will become first to undergo penis transplant in the US
- Patient lost most of his penis and sustained serious groin injuries
- Injured in a bomb blast, while serving in Afghanistan, reports suggest
- Surgeons hope to perform the pioneering op in the coming weeks
- Say donated organ from deceased man should provide full function
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The patient, who has not been identified, lost most of his penis and sustained serious groin injuries in a bomb explosion while he was deployed overseas.
Media reports have suggested he was wounded while serving in Afghanistan.
Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore will perform the surgery - the first transplant of its kind to take place at an American hospital.
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.
Experts at the hospital said they hope the procedure could pave the way for another 60 servicemen with genital injuries to benefit from the operation.
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.
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Dr Richard Redett is one of the surgeons at Johns Hopkins University set to perform the first penis transplant in the US
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The donor's family will need to give permission for the penis to be removed.
There have been two penis transplants in the world to date.
The first in China in 2006 was unsuccessful, while the second in South Africa in 2014 was a success.
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The diagram shows how surgeons in South Africa performed the first successful penis transplant last year. The nerves of the donated penis were joined to the recipient's genital region, in a bid to restore function
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The penis transplant does not involve the testes, where sperm are produced, so if a man with a transplanted penis does father a child, the baby would be his genetic offspring, not the donor's.
While for now only wounded veterans are being considered for penis transplants, the surgery could eventually be performed on men with birth defects and transgender men and women.
The results of the South African transplant offer hope of a success.
The 21-year-old patient told the doctors who performed his transplant, in June that he was due to become a father.
The news came six months after the pioneering operation.
The nine-hour operation took place at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.
The South African patient, who was not named, lost all but a 1cm stumo of his penis three years ago, following a botched circumcision.
He was able to resume a sexual relationship with his girlfriend just five weeks after the transplant, doctors said.
Professor Frank Graewe, who took part in the nine-hour surgery on the South African man, said last March: 'He gets good quality erections, ejaculates and has frequent sex with his partner.'
Ten years ago, a man in China received a transplant, but asked surgeons to remove the donated penis two weeks after the operation.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz40YXLtKAN
This is just so amazing!
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