Breakfast at Tiffany's – Because I Do Not Know

The Devil's In The Details

Chinese doctors say they performed the first penis transplant only to remove the foreign phallus after the recepient and his wife experienced mental anguish that is common after such procedures.

Despite how shocking and radical the operation sounds, it involves standard microsurgery techniques to reconnect blood vessels and nerves.

From a medical point of view, "the main hurdle is the functional recovery," said Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, chief of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

From arm and leg reattachments, it's known that nerve regrowth occurs at a rate of about an inch a month and often is insufficient to allow normal use, he said.

However, the ethical and psychological challenges in such cases can be even more paramount, as this and other recent transplants involving hands and faces illustrate.

"Some of the considerations for a penile transplant are the same as for a hand or face transplant," such as the need to take lifelong immune-suppressing drugs to prevent rejection of the new organ, Lee said.

But through extensive research, BaT has uncovered what we believe to be the real reason the offending, um, piece was removed.

Ten days after the operation, which had been approved by the hospital's medical ethical committee, the recipient had been able to urinate.

There had been no signs of the 10-centimetre (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient's body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored.

I'd be, um, pretty p*ssed as well if the doctors put a below-average penis on me while I was asleep. In fact, I'd demand a refund!

3 comments Jake McCafferty last posted at 5:27 PM
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could also be one of this funny things where people can't be happy without having one of their testicles (whatever...) removed.

But well yeah - everyone should go for horse size now. I guess...
What next. Transplant a head? Yippikayay

By ROENTGEN, at 11:35 PM

"go read my chinese implant post"

my penis functions just fine thank you jakey. :p

did you see the story about my idiot relatives who wandered into a panda pen to give the panda a hug?

and china wonders why it's still just a developing third world country.

where's the education!?!?

By kinkyrhombus, at 10:06 PM

for that matter, where's the beef?!

By kinkyrhombus, at 10:06 PM