Wounded US war veteran receives penis, scrotum transplantAP An American soldier wounded by an IED in Afghanistan received the body parts from a deceased donor in a 14-hour operation and is expected to regain full function. A veteran who lost his genitals from a blast in Afghanistan has received the world's most extensive penis transplant, and doctors said he is recovering well and expected to leave the hospital this week. JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE A team of nine plastic surgeons and two urological surgeons was involved in the 14-hour transplant surgery. Three other successful penis transplants have been reported, two in South Africa and one in 2016 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Those transplants involved only the penis, not extensive surrounding tissue that made this transplant much more complex.

Source: Stuff April 24, 2018 07:56 UTC