▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁rec ruits ▁were ▁' down ▁and ▁out ' ▁men ▁who ▁suffered ▁from ▁alco hol ism ▁and ▁mental ▁ill ness . ▁To ▁motiv ate ▁en roll ment ▁into ▁the ▁study ▁food , ▁bed ding , ▁and ▁medical ▁care ▁were ▁offered ▁but ▁the ▁ris ks ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁open ▁per ine al ▁bi ops y ▁procedures ▁were ▁not ▁fully ▁explained ▁to ▁the ▁patients , ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁suffered ▁long ▁term ▁health ▁consequences . ▁Hudson ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁procedure , ▁involving ▁ex cis ing ▁a ▁ 2 . 5 x 1 x . 5   cm ▁core ▁of ▁posterior ▁pro state ▁caused ▁no ▁harm , ▁however ▁an ▁independent ▁research ▁team ▁proved ▁otherwise , ▁reporting ▁post - op ▁inc idence ▁of ▁imp ot ence , ▁rect al ▁la cer ation , ▁and ▁a ▁dimin ishing ▁sexual ▁function ▁in ▁ 2 4 ▁patients . ▁The ▁assertion ▁that ▁the ▁bi ops ies ▁caused ▁no ▁harm ▁was ▁again ▁ref uted ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁residents ▁who ▁claimed ▁that ▁imp ot ence ▁was ▁a ▁common ▁result . ▁The ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁study ▁were ▁published ▁period ically ▁as ▁case ▁series . ▁In ▁the ▁pre lim inary ▁case ▁series , ▁the ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 0 0 - person ▁coh ort ▁that ▁tested ▁positive ▁for ▁cancer ▁was ▁described . ▁Hudson ▁implemented ▁radical ▁treat ments ▁to ▁this ▁coh ort ▁that ▁were ▁am bit iously ▁beyond ▁the ▁standard ▁of ▁care ▁with ▁little ▁scientific ▁backing ▁of ▁effic acy . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁surg ical ▁cas tr