Total Penis, Scrotum, and Lower Abdominal Wall Transplantation

Total Penis, Scrotum, and Lower Abdominal Wall Transplantation

This study, published inĀ The New England Journal of Medicine, describes transplantation of the penis, scrotum, and lower abdominal wall in an injured veteran who had sustained traumatic penile loss from an explosion. It has been more than 1 year since the transplantation, and the patient has near-normal sexual function and major improvement in quality-of-life measures.

This paper was written by:

Richard J. Redett, III, M.D.
Joanna W. Etra, M.D.
Gerald Brandacher, M.D.
Arthur L. Burnett, M.D., M.B.A.
Sami H. Tuffaha, M.D.
Justin M. Sacks, M.D., M.B.A.
Jaimie T. Shores, M.D.
Trinity J. Bivalacqua, M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
rjr@jhmi.edu

Steven Bonawitz, M.D.
Cooper University Health Care, Camden, NJ

Carisa M. Cooney, M.P.H.
Devin Coon, M.D., M.S.E.
Aliaksei Pustavoitau, M.D.
Nicole A. Rizkalla, M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Annette M. Jackson, Ph.D.
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Vidhi Javia, B.S.
Samuel A.J. Fidder, M.D.
Janice Davis-Sproul, M.A.S.
Daniel C. Brennan, M.D.
Inbal B. Sander, M.D.
Shmuel Shoham, M.D.
Nikolai A. Sopko, M.D., Ph.D.
W.P. Andrew Lee, M.D.
Damon S. Cooney, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD