P*nis Transplants To Commence In United States To Help Wounded Troops

In a few months, there will be first penis transplant in the United States. The organ will come from a deceased donor, and the surgeons, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, say they expect it to start working in a matter of months, developing urinary function, sensation and, eventually, the ability to have se3x.

According to the Department of Defense Trauma Registry, men in military service with genitourinary injuries: who sustained wounds and were hurt by homemade bombs or IEDs, sometimes losing all or part of their penises or testicles will benefit from the operation.

Just the penis will be transplanted, not the testes, where sperm are produced. So if a transplant recipient does become a father, the child will be his own genetically, not the offspring of the donor. Men who have lost testicles completely may still be able to have penis transplants but will not be able to have their own biological children.

Source: Nytimes