Penis grown on their own … skin – Newsweek Poland

The British surgeons implanted a 43-year-old Mohammed Abadowi artificial penis made out of his own skin. According to doctors the man he could even become a father.

Erection Service

The groundbreaking operation conducted by specialists from the University of London It continued until 11 hours. Penile prosthesis is supposed to function like its natural counterpart. All through flexible tubes that after filling with fluid to simulate a real erection. Pump mechanism is activated by pressing the button located in the crotch of the patient.

– Simply press the appropriate button – says Abad – When you have finished, you press another button. It takes literally seconds. Doctors advise me to a lot of practicing – he added.

The result of operations is reportedly satisfactory, because – as claimed by the patient – doctors ensure that the full recovery will be able to not only have sex, but even become a father.

Abad lost a member and the left nucleus already with the age of 6, when he suffered a serious car accident. In the last few years has already passed many operations – the last is the culmination of years of effort by surgeons.

However, according to Elizabeth Kavaler, a urologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, the operation carried out in London does not bring much new. – It is plain implant. We’re doing such a lot – he says. – Besides, there is a natural reaction to the excitement – patient has to press the button – notes Kavaler.

The world’s first penis transplant operation was carried out in December 2014. The pioneering surgery took place in a hospital in Tygerberg, South Africa and lasted 9 hours. Today, doctors, and 21-year-old patient, have already assured – transplanted from a deceased organ is fully operational. He operated on the man lost his penis three years ago from complications after circumcision. It is estimated that in South Africa every year at circumcised penises loses about 250 young men, because in the opinion of local surgeons, the success of the team is particularly important.