World's First Penis Transplant Successful, On War Veteran Who Lost Limb In Bomb Blast
The world&rsquos first penis transplant was successfully carried out on a war veteran who lost both his legs during an explosion in Afghanistan. Ray a US Navy corpsman was mending wounds of other soldiers when he stepped on a bomb in 2010 during an ambush by Taliban He lost both legs genitals part of his abdomen and walked with the help of prosthetic legs. His injury and loss of almost half his body reportedly left him suicidal.
The world¡¯s first penis transplant was successfully carried out on a war veteran who lost both his legs during an explosion in Afghanistan. He got the transplant and reportedly said, that it was the ¡°best decision he ever made¡±.
Ray, a US Navy corpsman was mending wounds of other soldiers when he stepped on a bomb in 2010, during an ambush by Taliban.
He lost both legs, genitals, part of his abdomen, and walked with the help of prosthetic legs. His injury and loss of almost half his body reportedly left him suicidal.
In an interview with MIT Technology Review he said, ¡°It was one of those injuries that really stresses you out and you think, "Why would I keep going?", I guess I always just kept this real hope that there's an answer out there.¡±
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Fortunately for him, there was. Sometime ago, medics carried out a groundbreaking and complex, 14-hour surgical procedure, in the first of its kind ever completed at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, according to Daily Mail.
Ray reportedly said, ¡°This was actually something that could fix me. I could go back to being normal again.¡±
About the surgery he said, ¡°I don't regret it. It was one of the best decisions I ever made.¡±
Ray¡¯s donor was a brain-dead man who had to be brought on a charted jet from Maryland and the penis was transported on ice. After that, the 25-surgeon operation began.
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Talking about the operation one of the doctors, Richard Redett said, ¡°We felt very confident we could do it, but we had never done it. If you're not anxious for something like that, you're not thinking hard enough.¡±
The doctors transplanted ¡®an entire penis, scrotum and part of the abdominal wall from a deceased donor. The donor's testicles were removed for ethical reasons to avoid the risk of the patient having his babies¡¯, according to Daily Mail.
This operation is ground-breaking and has paved a path for many soldiers who might have sustained genital injuries during combat.
