Speaking together are (from left) Dr Gerald Brandacher, Dr Lee, Dr Redett, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Dr Carisa Cooney and Dr Damon, following the world’s first transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier. — TNS
Johns Hopkins surgeons in the United States performed the most complex penis transplant ever in March 2018 on a soldier who lost his genitals during a bomb blast in Afghanistan. Over the course of 14 hours, specialists transplanted a penis, a scrotum and a part of the abdominal wall from a deceased donor onto the wounded soldier, the hospital announced recently.
The handful of similar transplants previously performed at hospitals in Massachusetts in the US, South Africa and China involved only a penis. The doctors said the surgery appears so far to have gone smoothly and are optimistic the patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, will gain full function.
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