Within a year surgeons from Johns Hopkins expect to transplant a penis. It will be taken from a deceased donor and put into the body of a wounded soldier. Our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have caused genital wounds in about 1,500 soldiers. The doctors expect it to start working in a matter of months, developing urinary function, sensation and, eventually, the ability to have sex.
This will be the first penis transplant performed in this country. It has been attempted twice before; it failed in China but succeeded in South Africa.
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