5 (4 votes) UroToday.com - In a recent article by W. Hu and colleagues from Guangzhou, China, the first reported case of a penile transplant is described. The report is published in the October 2006 issue of European Urology. Penile replantation of the amputated penis has been previously described with very good results. The first case of penile transplantation was performed on a 44 year-old man who presented with loss of his penis due to a traumatic accident. He was left with a 1 cm penis and was unable to void standing up and his quality of life was severely affected. He remained in this condition for 8 months prior to the transplant. The donor was a 22 year-old man who was brain dead and whose parents agreed to donate his son's penis,exercise trx. His amputated penis was 10 cm long and was well irrigated with organ preservation solution at 4 degrees C. The warm ischemia time was 4 minutes. The donor and the patient were matched with HLA, panel reactive antibody (PRA) and blood type prior to the operation. The operation was repeatedly discussed and approved by the Hospital Medical Ethical Committee. He operation performed was much like a replantation with microsurgical reimplantation of the urethra, corpus spongiosum, corpus cavernosum, dorsal vein and arteries and the dorsal nerves. After surgery, the penis was warmed with heat lamps, and the patient received broad-spectrum antibiotics and standard immunosuppression medicines (cyclosporine, MMF and prednisone). The Foley catheter was removed at 10 days post-op and the patient voided without difficulty. There was no sign of rejection or infection. At day 14 post-operatively, because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis was regretfully cut off. The pathological examination showed no sign of rejection. This report shows the possibility of a successful early experience with a penile transplant. Unfortunately, due to the short post-transplant course, full functional and cosmetic results were not able to be reported,trx training systems. The ethical issues in this case are unlike those seen with any other solid organ transplant and need to be fully considered before performing a procedure such as this,trx store. Weilie Hu, Jun Lu, Lichao Zhang, Wen Wu, Haibo Nie,trx workout equipment, Yunsong Zhu, Zhixiong Deng, Yongbing Zhao, Wen Sheng, Qiyou Chao, Xiaofu Qiu, Jinghua Yang, Ying Bai Eur Urol. 2006 Oct.;50(4):851-53 Reviewed by UroToday.com Contributing Editor Michael J. Metro, M.D. UroToday - the only urology website with original content written by global urology key opinion leaders actively engaged in clinical practice. To access the latest urology news releases from UroToday, go to: www.urotoday,trx suspension for sale.com Copyright 2006 - UroToday Health newspaper articles - HEALTH, BEAUTY & FITNESS Australian Researchers Halve Relapses In Bipolar Disorder