First penile transplant in the United States performed at Massachusetts General Hospital
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 10:20
in Health & Medicine
A team of surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital announced today that they have performed the nation's first genitourinary reconstructive (penile) transplant. The 15-hour operation, which took place earlier this month, involved surgically grafting the complex microscopic vascular and neural structures of a donor organ onto the comparable structures of the recipient.