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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An American soldier is set to be the first person in the US to receive a penis transplant</td></tr>
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A WOUNDED military veteran is about to make history with a groundbreaking treatment.</div>
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Doctors at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland are to give a young solider, horrifically injured in a bomb blast, a penis transplant - in operation that's the first of its kind in the US.</div>
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The surgeons expect the organ, which was provided by a deceased donor, to be working in a matter of MONTHS. </div>
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Although the penis is not expected to be entirely fully functional, the soldier should be able to develop urinary function, sensation and even the ability to have sex.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surgeons hope to provide penis transplants for 60 injured soldiers</td></tr>
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Dr W P Andrew Lee, the chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins said it wasn’t an unrealistic goal for the men receiving transplants to have the potential to father children.</div>
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John Hopkins University has given permission to doctors to provide 60 injured servicemen the chance to have transplants.</div>
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Results of the experimental penis transplant could set a precedent and the university will make a decision as to whether to continue offering the surgery to more men, with doctors optimistic about their success.</div>
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From 2001 to 2013, over 1,300 men - nearly all under the age of 35 - returned home from operation in Iraq and Afghanistan with pelvic injuries, according to the Department of Defense Trauma registry.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over 1,300 American men returned back from service from 2001-2013 with pelvic injuries</td></tr>
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Penis transplants have only been attempted twice before - a failed attempt in China in 2006 and a successful surgery in South Africa in 2014. The man recently became a father after having his penis amputated from a botched circumcision.</div>
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The transplant itself takes around 12 hours and is incredibly meticulous, with the surgeon having to stitch together major blood vessels and nervous underneath a microscope. </div>
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If the penis ‘takes’ to the recipient, sexual function will be possible once the nerves grow in to the transplant - at a rate of about one inch a month. </div>
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Immediately after, for a few weeks, the men will use a catheter to drain urine. They will also need to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of their lives.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doctors have highlighted the impact of pelvic injuries on servicemen</td></tr>
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The doctors highlight the psychological impact of these wounds during service. </div>
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Dr Lee, the chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins said: “These genitourinary injuries are not things we hear about or read about very often.</div>
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“I think one would agree it is as devastating as anything that our wounded warriors suffer, for a young man to come home in his early 20s with the pelvic area completely destroyed.”</div>
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John Hopkins plans to cover the cost of the first transplant, estimated to be about £130,000 to £260,000 and have asked the US Defense Department to fund more operations. </div>

Injured war hero to be given a NEW PENIS in pioneering transplant

An American soldier is set to be the first person in the US to receive a penis transplant A WOUNDED military veteran is about to make...

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