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World's 1st Penis Transplant Done In South Africa

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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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  1. Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    They don't dick around.

    1. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Indeed. Now how long before a Nigerian prince can offer me low cost penile transplants?

    2. Re:Wow. by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Indeed. Now how long before a Nigerian prince can offer me low cost penile transplants?

      Funny you should say that.

      Only this morning I received an email from the director of the St Peter Private hospital in Benin City, stating that I was the only surviving relative of Nigerian prince who had died in a horrendous accident. Do to the nature of that accident they only managed to save his penis, and that in order to maintain the royal line, they needed to transplant it onto me as soon as possible (something about the royal house's flag having a rampant penis - and requiring that rampant penis to be displayed on state occasions). Once this operation was performed I would be awarded all the rewards of that royal household (money, women, power - the usual stuff), but due the death of the prince causing the country to fall into paralysis, they needed me to send $5K to them so that they can fuel up the royal plane and send it out to collect me.

      It all sounds legitimate, so I am off to pack my bags.

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    3. Re:Wow. by invictusvoyd · · Score: 2

      It might alter intelligence since " most men think with their dicks"

    4. Re:Wow. by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 1

      Was his name John Thomas of St. Peter's, famous son of Richard Burns?

    5. Re:Wow. by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 1

      I can already see a new category in the organ black market...

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  2. But is it connected? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Unless it is a connected IOT device, that tracks sexual activity and posts facebook notifications every time it scores I am not impressed.

    1. Re:But is it connected? by Noah+Haders · · Score: 1

      or every time you wank...

    2. Re:But is it connected? by Z80a · · Score: 1

      Calm down, i'm sure someone is working on a 3D printed, arduino compabitle and IOT enabled solution with brushless motors that can use a software defined radio to talk to a raspberry pi to control an quadcopter.

  3. Transplant by FountainGuy · · Score: 2

    It's a good thing the other guy had a spare to share

    1. Re:Transplant by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2

      It's a good thing the other guy had a spare to share

      Actually, I was wondering if they had a one-per-patient policy. Having a "Kerberos" or a "Ghidra" would be quite amusing . . . a great Halloween gag! But it might get you on the sex-offenders list.

      I think men would sign up on the donor list. Think about it . . . you can keep on fucking, even after you have died!

      Now I am waiting for the post, "Why is this News for Nerds" . . .

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    2. Re:Transplant by aliquis · · Score: 1

      I think men would sign up on the donor list. Think about it . . . you can keep on fucking, even after you have died!

      Now I am waiting for the post, "Why is this News for Nerds" . .

      Finally a use for it?

    3. Re:Transplant by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1

      you can keep on fucking, even after you have died!

      You do realize that this only works if 'you' are a dick.

      Just sayin'.

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    4. Re:Transplant by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 2

      Nah, the donor was a dead relative. Not like he was going to be using it any more ...

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    5. Re:Transplant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      the donor was a dead relative

      I could cope with a random stranger's man parts... I don't think I could handle a relatives though. Just. Too. Weird.

      Posting ac because penises.

    6. Re:Transplant by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      You say that now, but if you have an accident do you really want to be called "Stumpy" for the rest of your life, when you can have something that works properly (yes, he's able to have sex again)?

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    7. Re:Transplant by lgw · · Score: 1

      Perhaps you obsess about this a bit more than the rest of us.

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    8. Re:Transplant by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Perhaps you obsess about this a bit more than the rest of us.

      What - loosing a penis? Hardly :-) But there was a local case where a guy driving his motorcycle had an accident, and his helmet only protected is "big head", not the "little one." Imagine him having an itch he can't scratch. I'm sure many people in a similar position would jump at the chance.

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    9. Re:Transplant by reboot246 · · Score: 1

      I don't want another man's dick on me, in me, or near me.

      But it could make for some interesting comments in bed.
      She: "You've never fucked me like this!"
      He: "That's because it's not me fucking you."

    10. Re:Transplant by tehcyder · · Score: 1

      I don't want another man's dick on me, in me, or near me.

      The boy doth protest too much methinks.

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  4. "very surprised by his rapid recovery" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where there's a will...

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  5. Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    What kind of dumbass would do that?

    1. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by KiloByte · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Not so far ago, somehow my foreskin slipped off. I couldn't adjust it immediately, and chafing was so bad I was hardly able to walk. This makes me think: those circumcised must be bereft of nearly any feeling in their penises due to callusing.

      Those who suffered genital mutilation as newborns don't know the difference, but men in tribes like this that practice circumcision on adults should have known better. Is the religious custom so strong to force them anyway?

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    2. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Around my teenage years, I got circumcised because of medical complications of having my foreskin. My parents let me make the decision.

    3. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I assure you, there's no "chafing". Don't take your small experience and think that it applies to everyone.

    4. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by MightyMartian · · Score: 1

      Frankly I think the procedure should simply be banned outright, with very long prison sentences for anyone performing a circumcision without a good solid medical reason. It's barbaric, no different than female circumcision which seems to be the cause célèbre of modern women's rights activists. And yes, I know circumcision can confer some health benefits (my understanding is it slightly reduces HIV transmission, as well as protecting against some kinds of infections), so does a woman having double mastectomies to prevent breast cancer, and yet I don't see a general move to lop off all women's breasts.

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    5. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Jamu · · Score: 1

      Doctors say South Africa has some of the greatest need for penis transplants anywhere in the world.

      Made me laugh, but it's obviously a serious problem.

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    6. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

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

    7. Re: Circumcised at age 18? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2

      of course there's no chafing - the body has spent years building a keratin layer on the glans to protect the normally-sensitive skin from chafing.

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    8. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      My parents let me make the decision.

      Which is exactly how it should be.

    9. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      It's barbaric, no different than female circumcision

      And yes, I know circumcision can confer some health benefits (my understanding is it slightly reduces HIV transmission, as well as protecting against some kinds of infections)

      Well there's one difference, right there.

    10. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by hey! · · Score: 1

      I looked into this when it came time to decide whether to circumcise my son. There are certain medical conditions which are treated by adult circumcision, and according to the literature there doesn't seem to be any patient reported impact on function other than a slightly higher propensity for premature ejaculation.

      Despite claims on both sides I found no conclusive evidence of benefit either way, so I decided not to on the theory it's easier as an adult to get circumcised than it is to get un-circumcised.

      I have a younger relative who, in addition to be an anti-vaxxer, is an "intactivist". While I agree with her that circumcision shouldn't be done on children except for compelling medical reasons, 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.

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    11. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Noah+Haders · · Score: 1, Funny

      the problem is that if there is no circumcisn then the dong looks just plain weird. you want your kid growing up with a weird looking dong?

    12. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I got myself circumcised at age 25 because my foreskin was too tight (when fully retracted, an erection would hurt like hell). The urologist pointed out that my problem could be alleviated by a partial circumcision, but I had come to despise that piece of skin and so specifically asked for the old-fashioned deal, a.k.a. a "religious" circumcision.

      When I had healed to the point where the bandage could come off, I was very sensitive for a while, and walking felt weird. But what happens after a while is that the skin of the glans kinda dries a bit, and the sensitivity gets a bit less. It's still sensitive enough to get the job done, but I'm not aware of it any more. It feels fine and I'm completely satisfied with the outcome.

    13. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by yndrd1984 · · Score: 1

      They can both cause destruction, but one is a much larger destruction.

      You're comparing one, specific procedure on males (circumcision) to absolutely anything done to a female. It's the equivalent of calling everything from cutting a dorsal slit in a man's foreskin to castration to completely removing the genitalia MGM, and saying it's much worse than merely nicking the clitoral hood.

      And of course this argument originates in politics. You're not going convince Americans to go ballistic over FGM if they think it sort of like what they're used to (which is, for exactly the opposite reason, why it was called female circumcision to start with - e.g. "Don't freak out, your culture does things like that, too!"). And unfortunately it gets mixed in with gender politics as well.

    14. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by yndrd1984 · · Score: 1

      It must be peculiar to have one's center of being and entire sense of self revolve about one's foreskin. Tell us, what is it like?

      It must be peculiar to have one's center of being and entire sense of self revolve around telling other people what they're allowed to care about. Tell us, what is it like?

    15. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by yndrd1984 · · Score: 1, Insightful

      ...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?

    16. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 1

      incision

      I think that was the original title and plot of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie ...

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    17. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Two benefits against circumcision:
      1) The foreskin is excellent skin to use for skin grafts for burns or other serious injuries.
      2) Sex is better. The female doesn't dry out as fast and the male is more sensitive.

      I'm was circumcised as a baby and am against the practice. Don't worry about harming our body image, but instead worry about all the kids being 'mutilated' without their consent. Had I not been circumcised in the first place, body image wouldn't be an issue. Don't hurt others for my minor benefit.

      There are no pros to circumcision unless there's a specific and current health issue being addressed. Don't do it for preventative reasons.

    18. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      The mutilated 'dong' is the one that doesn't look right.

      And yes, the procedure should be banned. The study that is often quoted for the HIV numbers was a biased hack of a study. The authors stopped it once they got the numbers they were looking for, and then made headlines with the percentage difference. When in reality, the group that had surgery had no chance to get sick for 6 weeks, and then both groups caught HIV at the same rate for the next few weeks until they stopped the study early and said that there was a 60% drop or whatever.

    19. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by gweihir · · Score: 2, Insightful

      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.

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    20. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by gweihir · · Score: 2

      While anti-vaxxers are just in denial (and dangerous), circumcision is a non-reversible modification of a sexual organ and that _has_ significant impact on the person it is done to. Unless it is an emergency or there is informed consent by the person itself, it is rather bad doing that to somebody. Without strong religious customs, this would land the people doing and ordering it in jail. Said religious customs are also why information about the negative effects are routinely suppressed in the US, or study proposals gounfunded. In Europe, the information situation is a lot better and it simply says "no medical benefits". Surgery without medical benefits and without informed consent is assault, plain and simple.

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    21. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by ChrisMaple · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Bah. The main aim of circumcision these days is to prove that religion is able to exert power, without regard to any other underlying consideration. The second motivation is the desire of doctors to exert control, the third is parents. This is a perverted desire to exert socially acceptable force.

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    22. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by j33px0r · · Score: 2

      You are correct. You do not know what does. You do not know what does are few a few grammar fundamentals as well. Perhaps you might want to do a simple Internet search before ranting online. Here's a quote from the World Health Organization:

      The benefits of circumcision that accrue during childhood include a marked reduction in urinary-tract infections, which affect one in 100 uncircumcised boys, mainly during the first two years of life, and inflammation or infection under the foreskin, which affects around 17 in 100 uncircumcised boys before the age of 8. Circumcision reduces the risk of these problems by around 60%. In adulthood, circumcision has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in men by 50% to 60%, and is now recommended by the World Health Organization as an HIV prevention strategy.(Goldman. (2013). Do the Health Benefits of Neonatal Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? wsj.com)

      So yeah, not mutilation. Nothing wrong with being uncircumcised of course though I have to say that dealing with SMEGMA as an adult male sounds pretty gross.

    23. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by gweihir · · Score: 1

      Well, I should have said the "main medical effect". On the non-medical side, you are entirely right of course.

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    24. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by gweihir · · Score: 2

      Funny, none of these things are observed in Europe. We have medical research here too. Go figure. The other things these "studies" conveniently leave out is that all observable beneficial effects in the rest of the world vanish with reasonable personal hygiene. Cutting something off of people without their informed consent is not an acceptable solution to that problem either.

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    25. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by gweihir · · Score: 1

      Oh? Where I live, circumcision is mostly done by Muslim. Does not make it any better when Jews do it, or even Atheists. It is unacceptable these days without informed consent by the one being operated on.

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    26. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by Jason+Levine · · Score: 1

      There are antisemitic posts that make me angry and want to reach through the screen to punch the poster.

      And then there are ones like these that make me laugh and want to mess with the poster.

      And, yes, I'm Jewish. Oh, no. We're on Slashdot too! Boo, Mr. Anonymous Coward!

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    27. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by KiloByte · · Score: 1

      By that logic, why won't you chop off your dick and replace it with a piece of wood? Even less sensation, and it will stay erect forever!

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    28. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by dargaud · · Score: 1

      I don't understand why a lot of people claim that circumcision is sometimes necessary for medical reasons. It's not: look up preputioplasty. They have really ill-informed doctors. This being said, sorry for your loss.

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    29. Re: Circumcised at age 18? by WebCowboy · · Score: 1

      Well actually yes there are some very offensive hysterical pro choice nut hubs out there. I knew one of those in university.

      In Canada where I am there are literally no restrictions at all on abortion. The court struck down laws decades ago and it is such a sensitive topic no restrictions or regulations have ever been put in to replace them. Though in reality medical professionals would never do so, from a strictly legal standpoint a woman could abort a healthy viable fetus at full term for any reason at all, including gender selection or other non medical reasons.

      While watching TV a nurse was being interviewed and her opinion that abortion should be regulated...not even restricted much but that guidelines requiring counselling for late term abortions and limiting reasons beyond 30 weeks or so to medical issues like birth defects and threat to mothers health.

      This person I knew was watching this and declared she was "such a close minded bitch" and left. It was her opinion that a woman should be able to terminate any pregnancy for any reason whatever at any time, including during labour and right up to the point of delivery. Literally. And if you thought otherwise in any way she had no time for you. She was VERY judgemental on that fact and would say a young woman was foolish for keeping an unplanned pregnancy if they weren't done school and so on.

      She called herself pro choice but I called her anti abortion. I never liked to call wing nuts who threaten abortion doctors or picket clinics pro life...I call them anti abortionists. After I met this young woman I stopped using the term pro choice so freely too. They are pro abortionists. The issue is abortion and you are pro or anti.

      I was amused at the term inactivity. Clever. But the issue is circumcision and you are pro or anti. And people have their reasons and there has to be some open mindedness to those points of view on both sides.

    30. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by ayesnymous · · Score: 1

      no different than female circumcision

      Um, no, it is hugely different. Circumcising a guy against their will is still wrong, but comparing male circumcision to female circumcision is like comparing an M-80 to an atom bomb. They can both cause destruction, but one is a much larger destruction.

      There are actually different types of female circumcision. Some types are worse than male circumcision, but other types are very minor compared to male circumcision (e.g. Type IV - the nicking of the clitoris: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...). Yet ALL types of female circumcision are banned. That means male circumcision should be banned too.

    31. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by dbIII · · Score: 1

      no different than female circumcision

      A massively lower death rate for one difference. I don't disagree with your conclusion but you don't get to make up your own "facts" when reality doesn't fit.

    32. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by tehcyder · · Score: 1

      somehow my foreskin slipped off

      I'm not sure what you mean, but it almost certainly isn't that.

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    33. Re:Circumcised at age 18? by zeroduck · · Score: 1

      Choice is a good thing, but using the choice argument is less strong for anti-vaxxers. Circumcision is an incredibly invasive intervention, which may prevent some things where less invasive interventions may be as effective or significantly more effective (i.e., regular condom use). Vaccination is quite literally the best defense we have against some of the most infectious awful diseases that the world has ever seen, rarely have serious side effects, and aside from a needle being a bit scary, is pretty non-invasive.

      Science has made the case for universal vaccination (some exceptions apply), but I don't think an honest case (at this point) could be made for universal circumcision.

  6. Not the first by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to the very article, there was a medically successful transplant in 2006 that was later removed only because of the patient's severe psychological reaction.

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    1. Re:Not the first by Aristos+Mazer · · Score: 1

      The surgeons in the article imply that they themselves do not consider it successful unless the psychology angle is also a success.

    2. Re:Not the first by bazorg · · Score: 1

      Indeed. It was a Chinese patient, I think it's because the donor was from Congo.

      Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.u... and http://www.shortnews.com/start...

    3. Re:Not the first by Some_Llama · · Score: 1

      the first link is about penis size and has nothing to do with your claims, the other link's source doesn't exist.

  7. Why wasn't this done sooner? by Iamthecheese · · Score: 2

    Serious question:

    Besides the "ick" factor why aren't there trans people walking around with donated penises? Even doing organ swaps where a male-to-female trades with a compatible female-to-male? I realize tissue rejection can be a bitch but I can't imagine the artificial organs they make from the patient's own cells are particularly useful.

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    1. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by OzPeter · · Score: 1

      Serious question:

      Besides the "ick" factor why aren't there trans people walking around with donated penises?

      Let me try to answer with a car analogy.

      This is like asking why there aren't Toyota Camry's driving around using transmissions from a Ford Mustang. In order to do a transplant you need to have components that are fundamentally compatible in the first place.

      On the other hand, my understanding is that surgeons can craft (to some extent) a penis from the tissue in a FtM patients vagina.

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    2. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 1

      Serious question:

      Besides the "ick" factor why aren't there trans people walking around with donated penises?

      Let me try to answer with a car analogy.

      Your analogy fails when it comes to chick cars tho'

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    3. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      from the add-a-dick-to-me and lop-it-off-a-me depts

      Serious question: Besides the "ick" factor why aren't there trans people walking around with donated penises? Even doing organ swaps where a male-to-female trades with a compatible female-to-male? I realize tissue rejection can be a bitch but I can't imagine the artificial organs they make from the patient's own cells are particularly useful.

      First, in this case, the penis was taken from a dead relative. The patient still needs to take anti-rejection drugs - otherwise ... "it was there when I went to bed ..." (okay, not quite, but you get my point).

      In the case of an m2f transsexual, you can see here how it's done. As you can see, they don't just "chop it off", which is why orgasmic function (which starts and ends in the brain) is successful in 80% or more of all cases post-op.

      One technique using penile inversion, and another technique using a portion of the colon.

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    4. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      I'm going to pass on clicking on your links. This sounds like something I don't want to scar my mind with, as it's something you can't "unsee", much like the goatse.cx picture. The before and after pics are probably OK, but I really, really, really don't want to see the during-surgery pics.

    5. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by nbauman · · Score: 1

      In the case of an m2f transsexual, you can see here how it's done. As you can see, they don't just "chop it off", which is why orgasmic function (which starts and ends in the brain) is successful in 80% or more of all cases post-op.

      One technique using penile inversion, and another technique using a portion of the colon.

      I am unable to come up with a joke for a surgeon named "Gary Alter" who performs gender reassignment surgery.

    6. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 2

      Admittedly, it's kind of gross, but the poster was asking why you can't just "swap parts", and didn't think the end result would be all that great.

      Guys tend to get a bit squeamish about it, even those who get a "Prince Albert". However, think of the advantages - multiple orgasms and no worry about needing a half-viagra when you get older just to keep you from peeing on your shoes. So if you need to get it done anyway ... :-)

      There are, admittedly, downsides. For one, your opinion in meetings all of a sudden isn't worth any more than any other woman. That takes a bit of getting used to. And some m2f tend to go overboard in trying to project what they think a "real woman" is like by becoming feminazis and aggressively men-haters, rather than just be who they are. And you'll never have the strength you used to have (estrogen + no testosterone) so it's nice to have men open doors for you (though I will admit it was a bit jarring the first time it happened, but easy to get used to :-)

      So yes, you lose some "male privilege", but gain some "female privilege". It is what it is, and for some people, it's a real lifesaver.

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    7. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by lgw · · Score: 1

      However, think of the advantages - multiple orgasms and no worry about needing a half-viagra when you get older just to keep you from peeing on your shoes. So if you need to get it done anyway ... :-)

      If I live a few decades more, there will be several women alive my age for every man. How often you get it up can be fixed with a pill; how often you get it, not so much. If you're in your 20s, maybe it looks different, as female mortality is converging on male as gender roles in the workplace fade.

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    8. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      If I live a few decades more, there will be several women alive my age for every man.

      Big deal, they're all going to be elderly, white-haired biddies and certainly not anything you're going to be excited about jumping in bed with.

    9. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by lgw · · Score: 1

      Some will be, no doubt, but with a high enough F/M ratio you can be picky. The last time I visited my father, we happened to walk through the gym for his retirement community, and I was a bit surprised - there are definitely still women in good shape far older than I would have guessed.

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    10. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by gweihir · · Score: 1

      The problem is nerve attachment. Up to now it was not possible, period, and that eliminated all possible reasons for transplanting a penis in the first place. Hence the answer to your question us very simple: There is _nobody_ around with a transplanted _working_ penis, except for this one person, because this is a highly experimental procedure. There was one person in China, but they hat to cut it off again due to problems and I do not think they restored function there.

      So, give it 10 to 20 years and the situation may be different, but at this time the transplant is hugely experimental and extremely risky.

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    11. Re:Why wasn't this done sooner? by aliquis · · Score: 1

      I don't really see the danger. But whatever.

      The colonial one show some of the large intestine and then a cut part of it.
      Then there's some open body showing what maybe is what's left of the penis I don't know but whatever. It's open body with red tissue as part of the skin and some pink "pole".
      And then there's a look-a-like-vagina which they open with whatever the instrument is called and they also show inner lips.

      If you can take any open surgery picture it's not weirder than that. No mutilation of penis.

      Now I haven't checked the rest but I'll do that for you.

      First one shows a penis which has ink drawn on it, one "dirty picture" of the penis skin turned outside in over a balloon, then inserted with some stitches and then examples of how it look afterwards. First picture look like shit and the others somewhat better.
      So vagina made of penis shaft + scrotum + perineal skin. Clitoris made of part of glans and skin from under the glans.

      Inverted penis show a penis stripped off of everything except glans and what seem like two red "strings" and some wider one, supposedly uretrea, nerves and whatever more it was.
      Then something I don't even know what it is, looks like a red Y, possibly the penis skin outside in?
      And then it's stuck back in. This is the most red of the series.
      It obviously show a mutilated penis but.. yeah. I don't know how dangerous that is but now you know.

      Guess you can disable images in your browser and visit if you're curious.
      The two second ones only show images if you click a button to show them. The first one show images immediately.

  8. Seriously, Cape Town doctors? by DrTJ · · Score: 1

    Weren't they afraid that the Cape Town archipelago https://www.google.se/search?q... would hereafter be named a bit differently?

  9. Re:How well does it match? by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

    This is the one time you would want to pray for gang warfare.

  10. Re:Where are the feminists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Probably a case of mixed feelings. It did require the removal of at least one male penis after all :/

  11. The ancient prophecies by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 4, Interesting
    have come true!

    When I was a teenager, if we we didn't like some chick, we'd tell our friends "I wouldn't screw he with your dick!"

    Now he will always do that

    I'll bet masturbation is awkward to think about as well.

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    1. Re:The ancient prophecies by Barny · · Score: 1

      Didn't read it enough to find out that it was a dead relative that they took it from.

      What really gets interesting is when three or four generations all have the same penis, passed down from father to son.

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  12. Sorry misread by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    World's 1st Penis Transplant Drone In South Africa

  13. It's a tabu issue right? by no-body · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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....

    1. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by aliquis · · Score: 1

      Is it? The STD part?

      Because. You know. Science has solved that and we can test for STD. Use actual protective measures against STD. Even get rid of many STDs.

      Or one can ask god for help with no result.

    2. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by burtosis · · Score: 2, Insightful

      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.

    3. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by burtosis · · Score: 1

      Actually being circumcised increases your chances of getting STDs. Yes if you never clean your uncircumcised penis, including after sex, the risk is greater. But it's no more than using cellophane to hold bodily fluids against your penis - simply wash yourself and the risks go away. The cdc and American society of pediatricians are put under constant religious pressure to green light the procedure. Thank god it's NOT recommended and therefore not usually covered under insurance. Since toddlers are unlikely to get aids from vaginal sex here is a thought - let them decide at 15. If they want to cut a chunk off their dick that cannot be replaced properly then they have the right, all without any downside - in fact the risks associated with circumcision are worse than the risks associated with good hygiene and no procedure. Next we will recommend pulling all our teeth because if you don't brush you can get infections, left untreated they can be deadly.

    4. Re: It's a tabu issue right? by ceoyoyo · · Score: 1

      Yup. With an interesting source.

      http://youtu.be/gCSWbTv3hng

    5. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      I have no idea why it became mainstream

      That's easy. Dr. John Kellogg (relative of the guy who invented cereal) really hated masturbation, and pushed the procedure as a way to discourage adolescent boys from masturbating. This of course became popular because Victorian-era America hated sexuality.

    6. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by bruce_the_loon · · Score: 1

      It's a tribal prove-you-are-a-man thing in South Africa. A lot has been done to make sure the process is clean and safe, but some of the witch doctors refuse to accept the oversight and do the circumcision with a rusty razor blade in non-sterile conditions.

      It's stupid and dangerous, and although the offending witch doctors are getting jail time, not enough is being done to regulate the process to the point that the need for these transplants is eliminated at source.

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    7. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by no-body · · Score: 1, Interesting

      You seriously have no idea why? Wow.

      Cleanliness is the reason. To help prevent the spread of STDs amongst other things.

      ...

      Some of us have large brains and some of you apparently do not.

      Thanks for the limited brain compliment. I like those, qualifying the author right off the bat.
      As I mentioned before, it's a taboo issue.
      I can be polemic as well: Old impotent males getting off on playing with babies dicks and reducing their sensitivity for life - perversion to the highest degree!

      For the facts:

      Penis foreskin removed, some consequences:

      1. Glands penis is no longer protected and exposed to abrasion which causes a hardening of glands penis surface skin - also named orange peel - causing sensitivity reduction in the range of 40 - 60 %.
      2. Foreskin has nerve endings and sensitivity - gone.
      3. With foreskin removed, the outer skin of the penis can no longer move back and forth during intercourse causing increased friction and abrasion.

      Here is a quote from http://www.cirp.org/library/an... :

      > During heterosexual activity, the mucosal surfaces of the glans penis and
      > foreskin move back and forth across the mucosal surfaces of the labia and
      > vagina, providing nontraumatic sexual stimulation of both male and female.
      > This mucous-membrane-to-mucous-membrane contact provides the natural
      > lubrication necessary for sexual relations and prevents both the dryness
      > responsible for painful intercourse and the chafing and abrasions
      > which allow entry of sexually transmitted diseases, both viral and bacterial.

      Circumcision may have had value in societies in dry climates with very limited water supplies, who knows where this originated. Nowadays it seems to be promoted by religious fanatics and sexual perverts harming males for life!

      Fact is that a healthy vagina has an acidic environment due to lactic acid bacteria and prevents disease causing organisms.

      So - a penis visiting a healthy vagina frequently may be the best prevention of STD and other (mind)crap.

    8. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 1

      Of course, Moses may have been a precident - but there is the NIH syndrome.

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    9. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by aliquis · · Score: 1

      to reduce the pleasure of sex/masturbation to try and keep people from sin.

      I assumed that.

      As a Scandinavian I always reflect on that in movies so may just as well get it covered:

      It's the evil lube industry who want to circumcise males so they are forever forced to buy lube for their masturbation purposes!

    10. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by burtosis · · Score: 1, Insightful

      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.

    11. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by burtosis · · Score: 2

      It's the evil lube industry who want to circumcise males so they are forever forced to buy lube for their masturbation purposes!

      these days I'm not sure which head I'm supposed to put a tin foil hat on.

    12. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by Grishnakh · · Score: 1

      No, that's NIH. Jews circumcised (and still do) because of all that Biblical crap. Christians don't believe it's a religious necessity, since they think they're somehow exempt from all the Leviticus silliness (except for tithing), so they stopped doing it ages ago, until Dr. Kellogg brought it back. That's why Christians in Europe don't circumcise (and haven't, ever), while most Americans do.

    13. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Wrong, you are living in a fool's paradise if you imagine circumcision makes risk of STD go away.

      Meanwhile, you can read online of peer reviewed studies showing washing after sex does decrease the transmission rate of certain STD

      (I hope that you now realise the flaw in your argument)

    14. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by Shakrai · · Score: 2

      Meanwhile, you can read online of peer reviewed studies showing circumcision does decrease the transmission rate of certain STD

      If you're relying on circumcision for public health your country is already screwed. There are countries where circumcision is virtually non-existent that have HIV rates considerably lower than the United States. Conversely, there are countries where it's nearly universal that have rates considerably higher than the US. The US, incidentally, falls somewhere in the middle, and circumcision rates vary based on ethic background, age, and region.

      The WHO would be better served promoting condom use than circumcision. Would you stick your circumcised dick into someone with an unknown STD status without using a condom?

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    15. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by SuricouRaven · · Score: 1

      Cleanliness might be a reason today, as there is some evidence that circumcision can reduce STI transmission (Though research that has yet to be reproduced and suffered from some flaws). That is not why it was introduced, nor is it the main reason the practice persists.

      It was introduced in the US because it was thought at the time to be a prudent medical precaution against the dangers of masturbation in later life - something known to all at the time to be a cause of muscular atrophy, epilepsy and blindness. Medical science eventually marched on, but by that point the practice had become cultural: Men get their sons cut because they themselves were cut. It's just what people do.

      Outside of the US, it's mostly a religious thing - or more cynically, tribal identity. It's something you do to children to mark them forever as 'one of us' and not like the outsider heathens.

    16. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by SuricouRaven · · Score: 1

      There's a similar thing with ultra-orthodox Jews. It's only a tiny minority - most Jews are perfectly happy with sterile surgical scalpels. The ultra-orthodox though are ridiculously averse to change of any form (thus the name), and many insist on using the 'oral suction' technique in which the rabbi, having removed the foreskin with a traditional unsterilised blade, proceeds to suck upon the damaged penis in order to ensure a strong blood flow to flush the wound and promote healing. It's very prone to infections, but it's also the way they have been doing it for two and a half thousand years - and being ultra-orthodox, they are not willing to alter such a venerable tradition in even the slightest way.

    17. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by aliquis · · Score: 1

      these days I'm not sure which head I'm supposed to put a tin foil hat on.

      If you asked the Pope it would be your penis.

    18. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by dargaud · · Score: 1
      Ever heard of soap and water ?

      And even if it lowers your chances of contracting an std by 5% (which is about the most seriously verified number I've seen so far), I certainly hope you don't ever have a daughter, because you are sure to cut off her tits to keep her from ever having breast cancer, right ?

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    19. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by rubycodez · · Score: 1

      Those two sentences are not part of one argument, the first just a PSA (you're welcome)

      The second was only pointing out there is perhaps *some* value in circumcision

    20. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by rubycodez · · Score: 1

      Was not claiming circumcision was better than condom or dam protection at all, just pointing out there is some benefit to be considered with all the downsides of which I could list a few also

    21. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by rubycodez · · Score: 1

      No, you have an improper mental model. The issue is pathogens contacting living cells of a mucous membrane rather than keratin of dead cells.

    22. Re:It's a tabu issue right? by burtosis · · Score: 1

      It has noting to do with 'my model' at all. It's ubiquitous in peer reviewed literature.

  14. Wondering whatever happened to ... by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 2

    Remember the guy? Whatshisname? John Wayne Bobbit right? Source of the eponymous term bobbitized. What happened to him?

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    1. Re:Wondering whatever happened to ... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Interesting

      He just got his own dick back. No someone else's. Big difference. Recently some rapper wigged out on PCP and chopped of his as well, and then tossed it off the balcony. It was sown back on successfully.

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    2. Re:Wondering whatever happened to ... by volmtech · · Score: 1

      Youtube "bobbit's song" you will laugh.

  15. Penis Transplant Drone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Yup, that's how I read it at first.

  16. Well... by MetricT · · Score: 2

    I guess he won't need his Corvette anymore...

  17. brings new meaning to the phrase.... by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Try not thinking about this next time you tick the "organ donor" checkbox on your driver's license form.

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    2. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is Slashdot. Most of us would be glad to see someone get some use out of the thing.

    3. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've never checked it, but I might now just as a cruel joke.

    4. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by Barny · · Score: 2

      Yeah, in the past I never ticked it but, just the other week, I put a little tick next to Hammond.

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    5. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 1

      Try not thinking about this next time you tick the "organ donor" checkbox on your driver's license form.

      Come on, don't you want to have people talk about how at least part of you "rose from the dead?" Or are you worried that you'll be at the resurrection without an erection?

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    6. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by macs4all · · Score: 1

      Yeah, in the past I never ticked it but, just the other week, I put a little tick next to Hammond.

      Haha!

    7. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by penguinoid · · Score: 1

      This being Slashdot, one might say they're waiting on the balls transplant. (Yet if "having balls" works like people say, nerds wouldn't want that anyways.)

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    8. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by Smauler · · Score: 1

      What are you pissing through nowadays, then?

    9. Re:brings new meaning to the phrase.... by phorm · · Score: 1

      "This transplant is great, the thing hardly feels used, but I don't understand why I get a hardon whenever I walk by a furry convention!?"

  18. Putting the organ in organ donor by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

    Er, on, I guess.

    How long before cross-species transplants start happening? Horse cocks for everyone.

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    1. Re:Putting the organ in organ donor by GrahamJ · · Score: 1

      Maybe just the women.

  19. Do you get to pick the donor? by RogueWarrior65 · · Score: 2

    I mean, who wouldn't want to be able to choose one? That opens up all kinds of possibilities.

  20. A new F2M sex chnage procedure by grahammm · · Score: 1

    Will this be offered as an option for Female-to-Male transsexuals? Instead of a constructing a penis, transplant a 'real' one.

    1. Re:A new F2M sex chnage procedure by Grishnakh · · Score: 2

      Maybe, but you'd need a compatible donor (like a relative), and you still have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of your life. With current arficially-constructed penises (made using the patient's own tissue), you don't have the rejection problem.

  21. Re:How well does it match? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I for one, as a white man with a smallish penis, would not mind having a large second hand black penis. Think about the pick up lines you could come up!

    Me: "Hey cutie, I've got a BBC"
    Girl: "Don't be silly"
    Me: "No, here it is check it out"
    Girl: "Oh my GAWD!"
    Me: "Yeah, there is a firs time for everything".

  22. Add a Cock to Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe the operation is called an "adacoctomy".

    1. Re:Add a Cock to Me by TheVocalMinority · · Score: 1

      DOUBLE THE PLEASURE!!!

  23. Time of the operation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    " 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 "

    The actual operation took 8 hours and 58 minutes, determining all functions too 1 minute and 53 seconds.

  24. Re:How well does it match? by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 2

    They waited three years to do the operation. One of his relatives died, and they convinced the family to allow the donation of the penis provided they made a reconstructed one for the dead man, which they did out of a flap of skin.

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  25. Did you hear... by Guy+From+V · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...about the guy with five penises?

    His underwear fit like a glove.

  26. Re:How well does it match? by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 1

    World's first Dr Who tranplant? Jeremy Clarkson may be needing one soon.

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  27. poor guy by jsepeta · · Score: 1

    what happened to the donor?

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  28. Good job. by nospam007 · · Score: 1

    I still remember the first heart transplant in 1967, also done in South-Africa.

    My heart (and cock) goes out to them.

  29. 3d printer by JimSadler · · Score: 1

    OK, so print me a huge black one. I'll be much more popular with the ladies.

  30. Where Do I Sign? by macs4all · · Score: 1

    Maybe I can get one that actually WORKS...

  31. A part what? by Baldrson · · Score: 1

    Are we now to revisit the apartheid era with the emphasis on PART as the white supremacists in South Africa (you KNOW they're still there) start harvesting organs from hapless African men in order to retain the sexual fidelity of their Jungle Fevered wives without beating them (the way you just KNOW they beat their children and even dogs)?

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  32. What a waste. by MadMaverick9 · · Score: 1

    He lost his penis once because of circumcision.

    And now he's gonna do it again with his new penis.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...

    The transplanted penis wasn't circumcised and it will be at least several months before the patient can return for the medical procedure

  33. Britain Beaten By a Hair's Breadth by tinkerton · · Score: 1

    Clarkson has not announced new job yet.

  34. Re:I am the statistic you should listen to. by AbRASiON · · Score: 1

    Wow some piece of shit moderated this down, can someone *please* fix this? It is entirely factual based on real world experience.

  35. Interesting for a relationship by phorm · · Score: 1

    I wonder how the partner in a relationship would feel about this. On one hand, your man now hasequipment back. On the other, he's using somebody else's tool on you...

  36. Re:I am the statistic you should listen to. by AbRASiON · · Score: 1

    I maintain, whoever voted this down is a piece of shit, fuck you idiot.