Question: Which country’s doctors successfully transplanted the penis and scrotum for the first time in the world?
(a) China
(b) Germany
(c) America
(d) Russia
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- In the US, doctors successfully transplanted the penis and scrotum for the first time in the world.
- This transplant was done, at Johns Hopkins hospital in the US, for a soldier who was injured in Afghanistan.
- On March 26th, 2018, 11 surgeons team transplanted the scrotum and penis of the injured soldier in the 14-hour period.
- The soldier was wounded in an explosion in a device in Afghanistan.
- The team of doctors done the transplant of the entire penis of the soldier, which is the first transplant in the world so far.
Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/worlds-first-complete-penis-and-scrotum-transplant-done-in-the-us/article23669678.ece
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/23/worlds-first-penis-scrotum-transplant-carried-us-doctors/
http://www.newsaaj.in/newsdetail.php?id=4_0_360292