South
African doctors have confirmed that they performed the world’s first
successful penis transplant, three months after conducting the
ground-breaking operation.
The
21-year-old patient had his penis amputated three years ago after
a botched circumcision at a traditional initiation ceremony.
In a
nine-hour operation at the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town on December
11 last year, he received his new penis from a deceased donor.
“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,” said Professor Frank Graewe, head
of plastic reconstructive surgery at Stellenbosch University.
“It was a privilege to be part of this first successful penis transplant in the world.”
Doctors said
the man, whose identity has not been disclosed, has made a
full recovery since the operation and had regained all his urinary and
reproductive functions.
In 2006, a
Chinese man had a penis transplant but his doctors removed the organ
after two weeks due to “a severe psychological problem of the
recipient and his wife.”
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