The current techniques for organ transplantation are being pushed to new limits. Thanks to the well-established concepts of vascularized composite allotransplantation, the idea of penile transplantation has come to the forefront of genitourinary reconstruction. The recent successful penile transplantation surgeries present a revolutionary option for a challenging penile disfigurement.
European urology focus. 2019 Aug 23 [Epub]
Dorota J Hawksworth, Damon S Cooney, Arthur L Burnett, Trinity J Bivalacqua, Richard J Redett
James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA., Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA., James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: .