First Transplanted Penis a Success, Rejected by Patient

from the Guardian Unlimited

Chinese surgeons have performed the world's first penis transplant on a man whose organ was damaged beyond repair in an accident this year. The incident left the man with a 1cm-long stump with which he was unable to urinate or have sexual intercourse. Doctors spent 15 hours attaching a 4-in. penis to the 44-year-old patient after the parents of a brain-dead man half his age agreed to donate their son's organ.

Although the operation was a surgical success, surgeons said they had to remove the penis two weeks later., because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife. So, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off. An examination of the organ showed no signs of it being rejected by the body.