And now Irish guys like myself sit back and hope that the procedure is a massive success.
According to CNN, a team of more than 50 surgeons, doctors and nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital needed 15 hours to perform the first gentitourinary vascularized composite allograft in the United States earlier this month.
Or in other words, 64-year-old Thomas Manning (not pictured) is all smiles because he has a new penis.
Sadly, Manning was diagnosed with penile cancer in 2012 and had his manhood amputated as a result. But Dr. Curtis L. Cetrulo says the “landmark procedure” that he led seems to have gone smoothly, so much so that Manning should be able to leave the hospital in a few days.
There have been no signs of bleeding, rejection or infection so far, and Manning will be taking “immunosupressing drugs” for the rest of his life to make sure things stay that way. The drugs could also help nerves regrow, something that will contribute to Manning regaining full function — even of the sexual variety — of his penis.
The first ever penis transplant was performed 18 months ago in South Africa, and things have gone so well in that case that the patient’s girlfriend is pregnant, which means that somebody somewhere likely lost a bet.
They’re not going to be doing many of these surgeries in Ecuador: Which Country Has the Biggest Dicks In The World?
