A South African man who had the world’s first successful penis transplant is to become a father less than a year after the breakthrough surgery.
Prof André van der Merwe, who led the operating team, announced that the 21-year-old’s girlfriend was pregnant. “He’s definitely smiling big, ” the urologist, based at Stellenbosch University, said on Friday. “He’s proud. He’s also a little bit shy.”
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The man’s partner was four months pregnant so the baby could be expected in November, Van der Merwe added. It is not yet known whether it will be a boy or a girl. The man’s mother and sisters have been informed.
The man’s penis was amputated three years ago after life-threatening complications arising from a botched circumcision. His penis had developed gangrene. He was 18 and sexually active at the time.
David Smith in Johannesburg
