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CHINESE surgeons who performed the world's first penis transplant had to remove the new organ after the recipient developed severe psychological problems.

Doctors say the operation was a surgical success but psychological issues suffered by the man and his wife meant the donated organ had to be removed after two weeks.

The man had the surgery after his own organ was damaged beyond repair in an accident this year, leaving him with a 1cm stump with which he was unable to urinate or have sexual intercourse.

"His quality of life was affected severely," The Guardian quoted Weilie Hu, a surgeon at Guangzhou General Hospital, as saying.

Doctors spent 15 hours attaching a 10cm penis to the 44-year-old patient after the parents of a younger, brain-dead man agreed to donate their son's organ.

The procedure, described in a case study due to appear in the journal European Urology next month, required complex microsurgery to connect nerves and tiny blood vessels. After 10 days, tests revealed the organ had a rich blood supply and the man could urinate normally.

It was the first time a donor penis had successfully been attached to another man.

Yet surgeons said they had to remove the penis after just two weeks. "Because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off," Dr Hu said.

An examination of the organ showed no signs of it being rejected by the body.
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Two issues:
1. If the transplanted penis was 8 inches instead of 4, would there have still been any psychological problems?
2. What if the poor brain-dead guy ever wakes up from his coma? OMG - shoot me!

[reportfromcyprus]

I could never cover medical stories, I'd be a complete failure at it, I'm so squeamish. POOR MEN! My heart really goes out to them. This makes me wonder about destiny, they've had no luck at all