Pdoggg Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 The recipient of the world's first successful penis transplant will soon be a father, according to the South African outlet News24. His surgeons were recently informed that his girlfriend is pregnant. The surgery took place just six months ago, three years after the 21-year-old had lost his own organ after infection caused by a botched ceremonial circumcision. Stellenbosch University urologist, Prof. Andre van der Merwe, who led the historic surgical team, explained at a March news conference that South Africa has a particular need for such a surgery: Members of the Xhosa ethnic group often practice adult circumcision, and poor sanitation leads to some 250 amputations every year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/06/11/the-worlds-first-penis-transplant-has-reportedly-resulted-in-a-pregnancy/ Quote Link to comment
Rickshaw Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Hm. Having signed up to the organ transplant register, I wonder if they will whip it off on my death. There might be a hamster somewhere that needs a new penis, I suppose, Quote Link to comment
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