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FIRST PENILE TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, A SOUTH AFRICAN 'TO BECOME FATHER': NEWS


First penile transplant recipient 'to become father'
Surgical team

The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is about to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation has told the BBC.

His girlfriend has reported that she is about four months' pregnant, and this showed that the "transplant worked", said Andre van der Merwe.

The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched circumcision.

The operation took place in December.

Surgeons at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital performed a nine-hour operation to attach a donated penis.

Dr Van der Merwe sad he was "very pleased" when he heard that the man's girlfriend was pregnant.

"This is what we intended, that he should be able to stand up and be able to urinate and have intercourse, so it is a milestone for him," Dr Van der Merwe added.

BBC AFRICA

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  1. Omg! Still very much unbelievable to me but seriously very interesting, what I want to know is how did it happen?

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    1. it perhaps came from a donor.
      probably somebody who died.... this is where you can correctly say that a man's manhood lives on ...lol

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    2. it perhaps came from a donor.
      probably somebody who died.... this is where you can correctly say that a man's manhood lives on ...lol

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  2. I guess the penis came from bruce jenner who is now madam caityln jenner. lwkm.
    but this is good improvement in the health sector

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  3. That's wat u see wen u find yaself in the 21century. Welcome to wonder land!!

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  4. Weicome to wonderland. That's how it goes in the 21century. Wonders shall never cease

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