article_snippet: Patient said doctors are now also appealing for donors to enable more men to have nine hour operation.
article_snippet: the procedure was performed as part of a pilot study to develop a penile transplant procedure that could be performed in a typical South African hospital.
article_snippet: The planning and preparation for a pilot study to develop a penile transplant procedure that could be performed in a typical South African hospital started back in 2010.
article_snippet: There are a number of men who would benefit from the operation but the issue is a lack of donors and also a lack of funding,' a man in China told MailOnline last week.
article_snippet: As many as 250 men are estimated to lose As many as 250 men penises each year in a secret and brutal initiation ceremony conducted by the Xhosa tribe in South Africa.
article_snippet: Prof Van der Mewe said the success of the procedure meant the procedure could eventually also be extended to men who have lost men who have lost their penises from penile cancer penises from penile cancer or as a last-resort treatment for severe erectile dysfunction due to the side effects from medication.
article_snippet: While full statistics are not available on the number of non medical circumcisions carried out in Eastern and Southern Africa, reports from the World Health Organization show it is as low as 2 per cent in parts of South Africa and up to 35% per cent in Kenya, CNN reports.
article_snippet: Nine more patients will now receive penile transplants.
article_snippet: From experience we know that penile dysfunction and disfigurement has a major adverse psychological effect on people.'
highlights_snippet: Surgeons are now appealing for more penis donors following the success .