STELLENBOSCH, South Africa - A successful penis transplant was successfully done, said by a South African university on Friday.
The transplant lasted for nine hours last December and was conducted by specialists from the faculty of medicine and health services at the University of Stellenbosch. The said patient had his penis amputated three years ago following complications from a circumcision that was performed in his late teens, the university mentioned.
The university near Cape Town in southwestern South Africa said that the 21-year-old patient has miraculously made a full recovery and has regained all function in the newly transplanted organ.
It was at least the second time this weird medical procedure had been attempted. The university did not disclose any details of the organ donor but they said "finding a donor was one of the major challenges."
The university said that it's planning for nine more patients to receive penis transplants in the coming days.
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