World's 1st Penis Transplant Done In South Africa

PolygamousRanchKid writes The world's first successful penis transplant has been performed by surgeons in South Africa, Bloomberg News reported Friday. The 21-year-old recipient has made a full recovery and regained all functions in the transplanted organ. The nine-hour operation was done Dec. 11 by surgeons from Stellenbosch University and Cape Town's Tygerberg Hospital, the university said Friday in a statement. The unidentified patient had his penis amputated three years ago in a life-saving procedure after he developed complications from a traditional circumcision. "Our goal was that he would be fully functional at two years and we are very surprised by his rapid recovery," said Dr. Andre van der Merwe, head of the university's urology division, who led the surgical team.

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It's a tabu issue right?

[no-body]

I mean the underlying cause for this operation, a common procedure done on man without consent in a very young age because?
The last thing I heard about this was a campaign on boys age over 10 getting talked into getting circumcised was to prevent AIDS...
The only mammal on this planet tinkering with their dicks in that manner are humans - supposedly having the largest brain.
Must be progress then....

Re:It's a tabu issue right?

[burtosis]

The national academy of pediatrics in the USA does NOT recommend circumcision. The medical drawbacks outweigh any benefits. The bonus of this honesty is that its a cosmetic/religious procedure and as such usually isn't covered by insurance. I have no idea why it became mainstream, it's not like removing a foreskin makes them a lawyer or banker. Perhaps its left over from the time were it was done purposefully to reduce the pleasure of sex/masturbation to try and keep people from sin.

Re:It's a tabu issue right?

[burtosis]

I have read them and it is typically due to body fluids being trapped extending your exposure. Show me how many toddlers get stds from vaginal sex (vaginal is the only kind there is any evidence for) or that keeping proper hygiene without circumcision is worse for complications then we can talk. Chopping the ends of unsuspecting babies dicks is a brutal practice. Let them chop off thier own dicks at 15 and let them decide for themselves.

brings new meaning to the phrase....

[goombah99]

I never thought there would be a time the phrase "I wouldn't fuck her with your dick" might stand a chance of being modded insightful.

Re:Circumcised at age 18?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a religious ritual, just like killing albino children for their body parts.

Re:Circumcised at age 18?

[Anonymous Coward]

My parents let me make the decision.

Which is exactly how it should be.

Re:Circumcised at age 18?

[yndrd1984]

...I strongly disapprove the hysterical, one-sided tone of the intactivist movement, which I think has potential to harm the body image of circumcised children who grow up with it.

Interesting. Are pro-choice activists 'hysterical' for pushing their particular "my body, my choice" argument? And do they deserve criticism for making women in Ireland who couldn't get abortions feel bad?

Re:Circumcised at age 18?

[gweihir]

Indeed. Anything else (except a medical emergency, of course) is mutilation and should land the ones doing it and the ones requesting it in prison. The main aim of male circumcision these days is to make masturbation more difficult. If that does not constitute sexual assault, I do not know what does.