Army vet, package blown clean off, gets complete donor package except the nuts

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docs decided that transplanting the testicles would cause ethical issues from the deceased's family.

 

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/transplant-penis-scrotum-american-veteran/542725002/

 

A U.S. military sergeant severely injured several years ago in an IED blast in Afghanistan has received the world's first total penis and scrotum transplant, surgeons at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced Monday.

The man, whose identity was not released, is recovering well and expected to regain both urinary and sexual function, Richard Redett, who led the transplant team, said in a Monday telephone news conference.

The sergeant did not receive testicles from his donor to avoid the ethical issues that might ensue if he later had children, said Damon Cooney, another transplant team member. The testicles would have contained sperm from the recently deceased donor.

The donor was not identified, nor was his cause of death, but his family released a statement praising the sergeant’s service to his country and noting the donor family includes a number of veterans.

“We are so thankful to say that our loved one would be proud and honored to know he provided such a special gift to you,” said the statement, read by Alexandra Glazier, president and CEO of New England Donor Services, which arranged for the donation. “We hope you can return to better health very soon and we continue to wish you a speedy recovery.”

In addition to a large skin graft covering part of the sergeant’s abdomen, penis and scrotum, surgeons connected three arteries, four veins and two nerves to provide blood flow and sensation to the donated tissue. His internal organs were not damaged by the blast.

Redett said he expects the soldier will regain the ability to urinate by the time he leaves the hospital later this week. It will take about six months for the nerves to regrow enough to restore sexual function and sensation, but Redett said he is optimistic that this will occur.

Johns Hopkins covered the cost of the procedure and hopes to complete more in the near future, said W. P. Andrew Lee, who directs the hospital’s Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

The hospital does not plan to use the procedure for gender reassignment surgery, he said.

The recipient’s body may reject the donated tissue at any time, so he has to be on continuous therapy to tamp down his immune system, said Gerald Brandacher, who handled the immune aspects of the transplant.

To reduce the risk of rejection, the sergeant was also infused with bone marrow from the donor. This approach has been used in eight other patients who received transplants, such as arms, that were transformative but not lifesaving.

Balancing the donor’s bone marrow with the recipient’s allows the patient to take only one low-dose medication a day instead of the three typically taken by transplant patients, Brandacher said.

[HenryJames 67464]

Hope it came from a black dude.

[naija 3065]

I honestly don’t know if it’s a certainty that the offspring would have been 100% of the donor. It’s possible some form of chimerism would have occurred. But I can understand the ethical dilemma in allowing that to play out.

 

[F250 29204]

Contemplating the ethics of ball transplants.

[elfenix 34775]

i assume they used brass balls

[Pescado_Rojo 19593]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Hope it came from a black dude.

Surly never disappoints.

[futureman 22719]

[davidg 4058]

"Probably ... but I don't know if I can fit another dinner roll up my ass!"  -Hiyoooooo

[SquishMitten 10497]

Mind blown. If you get a nut transplant, the sperm could be a genetic match to the donor?!? How is that possible? I guess I could understand for a couple weeks while they got settled in, but after that they still make someone else’s jizz? So every time you rub one out, you’re getting another dude’s load on you?

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2 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

Mind blown. If you get a nut transplant, the sperm could be a genetic match to the donor?!? How is that possible? I guess I could understand for a couple weeks while they got settled in, but after that they still make someone else’s jizz? So every time you rub one out, you’re getting another dude’s load on you?

 

18 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Surly never disappoints.

No, no it doesn’t. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19593]

2 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

Mind blown. If you get a nut transplant, the sperm could be a genetic match to the donor?!? How is that possible? I guess I could understand for a couple weeks while they got settled in, but after that they still make someone else’s jizz? So every time you rub one out, you’re getting another dude’s load on you?

you may as well go back to giving hand jobs in the truck stop bathroom if that's the case.

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5 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

you may as well go back to giving hand jobs in the truck stop bathroom if that's the case.

Go back to?  Like anyone ever really quits giving hand jobs in a truck stop bathroom.