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Wounded soldier gets world's first penis transplant in US operation

By Reuters | 7yrs ago

A soldier wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan has received the world’s first complete penis and scrotum transplant, officials at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore said on Monday.

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