American for the first time in the world made a transplant of genitals

The American veteran became the first patient in the world to receive a complete genital transplant: the penis and scrotum.

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The man, who wished to remain anonymous, lost both legs and genitals as a result of a bomb explosion in Afghanistan, writes Daily Mail.

The operation was performed at Johns Hopkins 26 in March; 9 plastic and 2 urological surgeon, the operation lasted 14 hours. The same team of surgeons performed the world's first bilateral hand transplant to a wounded soldier.

The veteran was transplanted to the penis, scrotum and part of the abdominal wall from the deceased donor. The donor's testicles were removed for ethical reasons to avoid the risk that the patient will have children of the donor.

Complex surgery also included the transplantation of the skin of a donor, muscles, tendons, nerves, bone tissue and blood vessels.

Surgeons decided to abandon the idea of ​​establishing a patient's prosthetic genitals, since he carries a high risk of infection.

The veteran has a urethra and a certain set of blood vessels necessary for such a transplant.

According to the forecasts of physicians, the patient’s sexual and urinary functions will stop for a period from several months to a couple of years.

The man admitted that the injury had stunned him and it was not easy for him to accept what had happened, but now he feels much more confident. Until the end of April, the man will be discharged from the hospital.

According to doctors, the success of this innovative operation opens the way to helping many other soldiers who lost their genitals during service.

To date, three penis transplants have been performed in the world. The first was in China in 2006, it was unsuccessful, the second was in South Africa in 2014, it ended successfully. The South African patient, now 24 years old, was even able to conceive a child, the baby was born in 2016. First penis transplant in the USA held in boston in xnumx year.

However, this is the first time that a scrotum and surrounding tissues have been transplanted to a patient. The man began working with a team of physicians at the Johns Hopkins Clinic in 2012, refusing to believe the words of a military physician who said that he had no chance to restore organs.

According to a report published in 2017, 1 367 men serving in the US Army suffered one or more injuries to the genitourinary system from October 2001 to August 2013.

Most injuries are related to the external genitalia, including the scrotum, testicles, penis and urethra, which can adversely affect normal sexual function, the ability to conceive a child or urinate.

According to the Department of Defense, almost 94% of the injured fighters are under the age of 35 years.

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