article_snippet: The 'ground-breaking' operation took South African surgeons nine hours to perform, and allowed the patient to urinate normally and become sexually active again.
article_snippet: , South Africa said the procedure allowed A 21-year-old man to regain all function in the newly transplanted organ.
article_snippet: Professor Frank Graewe, another of the hospital's surgeons who assisted on The 'ground-breaking' operation, said: 'It's a massive breakthrough.
article_snippet: After The 'ground-breaking' operation, a deceased man recovered rapidly.
article_snippet: After extensive research Professor Van der Merwe and Merwe surgical team decided to use techniques developed for the first facial transplant.
article_snippet: The 'ground-breaking' operation was the second time that this type of procedure was attempted, but the first time in history that a successful long-term result was achieved.
article_snippet: This was the first successful operation of This kind, as a previous attempt did not lead to long-term recovery .
article_snippet: A man in China received a transplant in 2005 but A man in China asked surgeons to remove the new organ two weeks later.
article_snippet: The South African Government praised surgeons who performed The 'ground-breaking' operation.
article_snippet: It is good to know that a young man's life has been significantly changed with this very complex surgical feat. '
highlights_snippet: Man underwent 9 hour operation at Tygerberg Hospital South Africa .
  
highlights_snippet: Transplant was carried out  in December but announced today .
  
highlights_snippet: Transplant made ‘rapid’ recovery and has regained all functions in the organ .
  