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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: WingNot on April 25, 2018, 08:39:02 pm

Title: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: WingNot on April 25, 2018, 08:39:02 pm: Doctors at a Baltimore hospital have performed the world's most extensive penis transplant, this one also involving the scrotum and part of the abdominal wall. (April 23) AP

Tools and instruments in operating room
(Photo: Getty Images)

A U.S. serviceman severely injured several years ago in an IED blast in Afghanistan has received the world's first total penis and scrotum transplant, surgeons at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced Monday.

The man, whose identity was not released, is recovering well and expected to regain both urinary and sexual function, Richard Redett, who led the transplant team, said at a Monday telephone news conference.

The patient did not receive testicles from his donor to avoid the ethical issues that might ensue if he later had children, said Damon Cooney, another transplant team member. The testicles would have contained sperm from the recently deceased donor.

The donor was not identified, nor was his cause of death, but in a statement, his family praised the sergeantâ€™s service to his country and noted the donor family includes a number of veterans.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/transplant-penis-scrotum-american-veteran/542725002/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/transplant-penis-scrotum-american-veteran/542725002/)
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 08:41:08 pm: Sounds like he didn't get to choose make and model.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: driftdiver on April 25, 2018, 08:56:24 pm: I can only imagine how important this would be to restoring their mental state.

If it works I would assume the genetics of an offspring would be the donors?
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 09:00:13 pm: Quote from: driftdiver on April 25, 2018, 08:56:24 pm
I can only imagine how important this would be to restoring their mental state.

If it works I would assume the genetics of an offspring would be the donors?

It's in the article. Testicles not included.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: GtHawk on April 25, 2018, 09:29:44 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 09:00:13 pm
It's in the article. Testicles not included.
Much like the GOP leadership!
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: DB on April 25, 2018, 09:33:52 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 09:00:13 pm
It's in the article. Testicles not included.

That's nuts.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 09:38:13 pm: Quote from: DB on April 25, 2018, 09:33:52 pm
That's nuts.

I didn't catch in the article which branch of service the veteran was in, but probably not a seaman.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: Blizzardnh on April 25, 2018, 09:57:47 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 09:38:13 pm
I didn't catch in the article which branch of service the veteran was in, but probably not a seaman.
If he was he was probably discharged .
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: roamer_1 on April 25, 2018, 10:07:58 pm: Quote from: Blizzardnh on April 25, 2018, 09:57:47 pm
If he was he was probably discharged .

It was so hard.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 10:10:57 pm: Quote from: roamer_1 on April 25, 2018, 10:07:58 pm
It was so hard.

That was a really limp attempt at humor.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: roamer_1 on April 25, 2018, 10:11:52 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 10:10:57 pm
That was a really limp attempt at humor.

You're going soft.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 10:15:25 pm: Quote from: roamer_1 on April 25, 2018, 10:11:52 pm
You're going soft.

Been a little tired today, I don't normally peter out so quickly.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: roamer_1 on April 25, 2018, 10:19:21 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 10:15:25 pm
Been a little tired today, I don't normally peter out so quickly.

:silly:
That's bent.
Title: Re: U.S. military veteran receives world's first total penis and scrotum transplant
Post by: DB on April 25, 2018, 11:51:51 pm: Quote from: RoosGirl on April 25, 2018, 09:38:13 pm
I didn't catch in the article which branch of service the veteran was in, but probably not a seaman.

It sounds like he dropped the ball.