Thursday, 18 June 2015

Penis transplant patient to become a father


Penis transplant patient to become a father 
A South African man who had the world’s first successful penis transplant is to become a father less than a year after the breakthrough surgery.
Well that's pretty amazing...congrats to Prof Van der Merwe and his operating team for the awesome job!

PR: 
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=2328

Article:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/12/penis-transplant-patient-partner-pregnant-south-africa

#transplant   #Surgery   #medicine

9 comments:

  1. It has been done with a womb in the past too (with a successful birth): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29485996

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  2. Cool. It's amazing how far surgery has come.

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  3. Hmmm... The possibilities...
    😞
    Oh gawd... No stop the imagination...

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  4. I hope the surgeons keep up the good work.

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  5. Now we know what penis-snatching scares in Africa were the viral marketing of.
    http://gawker.com/5990978/penises-are-being-stolen

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  6. I'm sure the Russian head transplant will not be as "easy" as this transplant?

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  7. Sam Loera because this involved a head and a long neck in addition? ;)

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  8. A different type of 'head transplant' indeed

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  9. Wasn't this done before with Mr. Bobbitt? Well it was a reattachment and not a dooner transplant, but I figured it would be the same proceedure.

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