Penis Transplant Patient 'Set To Be A Father'

The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is about to become a father, one of the surgeons who performed the operation has said, South Africa's News24 website reports.

The 21-year-old recipient lost his penis in a botched circumcision.
Stellenbosch UniversityThe operation performed last December 2014 took nine hours

Andre van der Merwe said the patient, whose identity is being protected, had informed the head of Stellenbosch University's Division of Urology that his girlfriend was expecting, which confirmed "the organ is functioning".
The surgeon who performed the world's first successful penis transplant has told the BBC he is delighted the recipient is to be a father.
"I am very pleased, and 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," said Prof Andre van der Merwe.
He said the patient's partner is about four months pregnant and though he hasn't seen the woman, and is not going to do a paternity test, he has no reason not to believe him.
"We have to take this as evidence that the transplant worked."


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