Saturday, March 14, 2015

World's First Successful Penis Transplant in South Africa

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa conducted first successful penis transplant in history of world. The news broke out like fire as it is a miracle. Patient is 21 years old from Cape Town, which was having severe disease. His penis got troubled and can lead to severe circumstances even death.


South African professor Andre Van Der Merwe conducted operation along with his team of doctors. And planted first natural penis. It was developed from flesh of a male donor. Name of patient and donor are kept secret due to privacy reasons.

Professor Andre Van continued operation for more than nine hours. And successfully made history and did transplant. Penis of unknown man will be fully functional to perform all functions including intercourse after two years. Previously a similar attempt was done but failed. Sources told that nine more patients have registered for their penis transplant also.

Chinese doctors did a penis surgery in year 2005. It was claimed to be good. But doctors removed the penis of man after 15 days due to issue in nerve system. Patient and wife were not satisfied and facing severe sexual problems.

South African's get the penis circumcised like muslims did. But due to improper care and unsafe methods, boys get life time problems with their sexual organs. Andre said that approximately 250 or more boys face such problems each year.

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