First penis transplant reversed after two weeks
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LONDON - Surgeons in China who said they performed the first successful penis transplant had to remove the donated organ because of the severe psychological problems it caused to the recipient and his wife.
Dr Weilie Hu and surgeons at Guangzhou General Hospital in China performed the complex 15-hour surgery on a 44-year old man whose penis had been damaged in a traumatic accident.
The microsurgery to attach the penis, which had been donated by the parents of a 22-year-old brain-dead man, was successful but Hu and his team removed it two weeks later.
“Because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off,” Hu said in a report published online by the peer reviewed journal European Urology, without elaborating.
“This is the first reported case of penile transplantation in a human,” Hu added.
Both the man and his wife had requested the surgery. He had been unable to have intercourse or urinate properly since the accident that occurred 8 months before the surgery was performed.
Ten days after the operation, which had been approved by the hospital’s medical ethical committee, the recipient had been able to urinate.
There had been no signs of the 10-centimeter (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient’s body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored.
“The patient finally decided to give up the treatment because of the wife’s psychological rejection, as well as the swollen shape of the transplanted penis” Hu added.
In a commentary in the journal, Yoram Vardi, of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, said the successful surgery represents an additional step in contemporary medicine.
But he added that careful patient selection is required as well as thorough informed consent of the patient and his family.
“Satisfactory consideration of these issues must be taken into account so that this approach can be considered a serious therapeutic option in the future,” Vardi added.
LONDON - Surgeons in China who said they performed the first successful penis transplant had to remove the donated organ because of the severe psychological problems it caused to the recipient and his wife.
Dr Weilie Hu and surgeons at Guangzhou General Hospital in China performed the complex 15-hour surgery on a 44-year old man whose penis had been damaged in a traumatic accident.
The microsurgery to attach the penis, which had been donated by the parents of a 22-year-old brain-dead man, was successful but Hu and his team removed it two weeks later.
“Because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off,” Hu said in a report published online by the peer reviewed journal European Urology, without elaborating.
“This is the first reported case of penile transplantation in a human,” Hu added.
Both the man and his wife had requested the surgery. He had been unable to have intercourse or urinate properly since the accident that occurred 8 months before the surgery was performed.
Ten days after the operation, which had been approved by the hospital’s medical ethical committee, the recipient had been able to urinate.
There had been no signs of the 10-centimeter (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient’s body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored.
“The patient finally decided to give up the treatment because of the wife’s psychological rejection, as well as the swollen shape of the transplanted penis” Hu added.
In a commentary in the journal, Yoram Vardi, of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, said the successful surgery represents an additional step in contemporary medicine.
But he added that careful patient selection is required as well as thorough informed consent of the patient and his family.
“Satisfactory consideration of these issues must be taken into account so that this approach can be considered a serious therapeutic option in the future,” Vardi added.
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They even gave the size of it! Too funny...Wonder if it was a step down or a step up.Stix and Stones may break my bones, but More than Words will never hurt me.0
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wow what a story. I wonder what the alternative is.0
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PJfanFORlife wrote:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14905485
LONDON - Surgeons in China who said they performed the first successful penis transplant had to remove the donated organ because of the severe psychological problems it caused to the recipient and his wife.
Dr Weilie Hu and surgeons at Guangzhou General Hospital in China performed the complex 15-hour surgery on a 44-year old man whose penis had been damaged in a traumatic accident.
The microsurgery to attach the penis, which had been donated by the parents of a 22-year-old brain-dead man, was successful but Hu and his team removed it two weeks later.
“Because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off,” Hu said in a report published online by the peer reviewed journal European Urology, without elaborating.
“This is the first reported case of penile transplantation in a human,” Hu added.
Both the man and his wife had requested the surgery. He had been unable to have intercourse or urinate properly since the accident that occurred 8 months before the surgery was performed.
Ten days after the operation, which had been approved by the hospital’s medical ethical committee, the recipient had been able to urinate.
There had been no signs of the 10-centimeter (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient’s body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored.
“The patient finally decided to give up the treatment because of the wife’s psychological rejection, as well as the swollen shape of the transplanted penis” Hu added.
In a commentary in the journal, Yoram Vardi, of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, said the successful surgery represents an additional step in contemporary medicine.
But he added that careful patient selection is required as well as thorough informed consent of the patient and his family.
“Satisfactory consideration of these issues must be taken into account so that this approach can be considered a serious therapeutic option in the future,” Vardi added.
this is the dumbest thing i have read in a long time!0 -
I know I was crackin up when i read this articlePickr wrote:They even gave the size of it! Too funny...Wonder if it was a step down or a step up.0 -
what's the wife complaining about?? her 44 year old husband now has a 22 year old man's penis. she should be all over it!!Another habit says it's in love with you
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self0 -
If the penis that is currently attached to you is not your own... and you wank it... technically... You're Gay.Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!0 -
I just can't find any humor in it. I just feel really sorry for that guy.R.i.p. Rigoberto Alpizar.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 20080 -
don't cock this one up, dr. nick.0
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Cosmo wrote:If the penis that is currently attached to you is not your own... and you wank it... technically... You're Gay.
So is the wife "technically" not really sleeping with you either?
You've changed your place in this world!0 -
even flow? wrote:So is the wife "technically" not really sleeping with you either?
there is no humor in a broken penis....0 -
macgyver06 wrote:there is no humor in a broken penis....
I can tell from all the commericals on the tube!You've changed your place in this world!0 -
....even flow? wrote:So is the wife "technically" not really sleeping with you either?
Yeah... I guess you're right.
Imagine if your donor was 'Blackzilla'... or the porn star, 'Big Dick Black'.Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!0 -
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It's a bioethical matter. :cool:0
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I've been thinking about this.
(Scene: Bedroom. Night.)
Husband thinks: I have somebody else's, here. My wife is enjoying somebody else's, so she must want someone else's!
Wife thinks: He's thinking I'm enjoying somebody else's, so now I have to complain that I'm not enjoying it.
Husband thinks: She's not enjoying it. It's only four inches. Get it off, and whip on a new one. But wait. She might get someone else in the meantime!
Wife says: Awww, now you've lost your er, thread.
Husband thinks: Okay, I'll wake it up. Hang on, this belongs to somebody else! I'm not touching somebody else's!
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Okay, I know that's a bit crude, but that highlights a few of the hangups a couple might have. It's a bioethical (t)issue, alright.0 -
Wow, ain't that a pisser.0
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he'd rather piss out of a tube? wtf.0
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