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<\/div>The anonymous injured veteran who got a full penis and scrotum transplant<\/a> remains in good health — and it sounds as though the new genitals are working just fine.<\/p> “He has near-normal erections and the ability to achieve orgasm,” the researchers wrote<\/a>.<\/p> Last year, the veteran reported a vast improvement to his self-confidence after the penis transplant, which was a world-first because it included the scrotum and surrounding tissue.<\/p> “When I first woke up [after the procedure], I felt finally more normal… [with] a level of confidence as well… like finally I’m okay now,” he said at the time.<\/p> Sometimes transplants go bad — the recipient’s immune system can reject and attack the new organ, for instance. But that didn’t happen this time<\/a>. The Johns Hopkins University doctors who performed the procedure report that the veteran maintains “near-normal sexual function and major improvement in quality-of-life measures” in research published Thursday<\/a> in The New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>.<\/p> “He reports an improved self-image and ‘feeling whole’ again and states that he is very satisfied with the transplant and the implications it carries for his future,” the researchers wrote.<\/p> The veteran can also use the restroom without additional complications. And no matter how much the doctors wax philosophically about his romantic prospects, as one did in an op-ed for The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, it suggests that the new medical procedure can restore normalcy to daily life for people facing unfortunately-stigmatized medical issues.<\/p> The post Doctors Announce First Ever “Fully Functional” Penis Transplant<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Continued here: The anonymous injured veteran who got a full penis and scrotum transplant remains in good health \u2014 and it sounds as though the new genitals are working just fine. \u201cHe has near-normal erections and the ability to achieve orgasm,\u201d the researchers\u00a0 wrote . Continue reading
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