Andrew Wardle, a 44-year-old Briton, will soon be able to have his first sexual encounter. Born without a penis because of a very rare disease, which affects one in 20 million men, he underwent a transplant that will allow him to find a "normal" anatomy.
He wanted to feel "integrated in society". At age 44, Andrew Wardle chose to have a penis transplant. This 44-year-old British is born without this sexual organ because of a disease called bladder exstrophy. To summarize, his bladder developed abnormally and the pathology spread to the pelvic area. This very rare malformation affects only one in 20 million men, as stated on June 26, the Daily Mail.
The operation went well :
Andrew Wardle was born without penis but with testicles. Unable to have sex called "normal", the man will be able to have his first sexual intercourse through medicine. In fact, he decided to undergo a transplant, at a cost of 57,000 euros, in the urology department of the University College Hospital in London, on 22 June.
A heavy operation but that went well and was practiced as for the cases of transsexuals wanting to change sex.
Andrew's penis was made using an implant formed by the tissues and muscles of his arm to limit the risk of rejection. A vein in his thigh was also used to allow the irrigation of the tissues of his penis. It is a pump injecting a salt water solution that will help to inflate the penis and thus simulate an erection.
A "test phase" of 10 days :
If the operation is finished today, Andrew Wardle will have to wait a while longer because he has to go through a "test phase" of 10 days during which he will be placed in a state of almost permanent erection. And this so that the doctors make sure that there is no rejection. A few days that may seem like an eternity for this man who lived 44 years without a penis.
His artificial penis will be fully operational after six weeks. The patient and his girlfriend also said they both feared the fateful moment.
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