Russian surgeons 'grow' penis on man's forearm

[emad]

Telegraph
By Nick Holdsworth in Moscow
(Filed: 10/04/2005)

A Russian man born with genitals so small that he was unable to have sex has been given the chance to lead a normal love life after a new penis was "grown" on his arm during pioneering surgery.

In an 11-hour operation, plastic surgeons in Moscow removed the 28-year-old's undersized penis and stitched it on to his left forearm, where they grafted on additional flesh and tissue taken from his inner arm. The newly enlarged organ, which had grown from less than 2ins to nearly 7ins, was then reattached to his groin.

His surgeon, Professor Mikhail Sokolshchik, of the National Medical Surgical Centre, hopes that the patient will eventually be able to have sexual relations and father children.

The patient, who comes from a Siberian village and was identified only by his first name, Sergei, paid more than £1,000 towards the cost of the operation, which the doctors warned was performed at his own risk. The bulk of the cost, however, was borne by the clinic, which hopes to market the procedure to similarly afflicted men around the world.

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SORRY no pic...

[brainshrub]

1. I've seen the pic.

Trust me, you don't want to see it.

If it does get posted here, the mods will pull the thread. It's gross.

[emad]

4. Gross as in gigantic? Or gross as so likely to deprave we all

need to shield our sensitivities???

[brainshrub]

19. Gross as in:

A puddle of vomit or seeing Bush win in 2004.

Seeing that penis growing out of that guys arm was on that level of: Things-that-I-wish-I-had-never-seen.

[Strawman]

2. Do they call that his "third arm" then?

Is he "well armed" instead of "well hung?"

[moggie]

23. Does he have the right to bare arms? n/t

[htuttle]

3. Sounds like that fellow has a....

...Detatchable Penis

I woke up this morning with a bad hangover
And my penis was missing again.
This happens all the time.
It's detachable.

This comes in handy a lot of the time.
I can leave it home, when I think it's gonna get me in trouble,
or I can rent it out, when I don't need it.
But now and then I go to a party, get drunk,
and the next morning I can't for the life of me
remember what I did with it.
First I looked around my apartment, and I couldn't find it.
So I called up the place where the party was,
they hadn't seen it either.
I asked them to check the medicine cabinet
'cause for some reason I leave it there sometimes
But not this time.
So I told them if it pops up to let me know.
I called a few people who were at the party,
but they were no help either.
I was starting to get desperate.
I really don't like being without my penis for too long.
It makes me feel like less of a man,
and I really hate having to sit down every time I take a leak.
After a few hours of searching the house,
and calling everyone I could think of,
I was starting to get very depressed,
so I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast.
Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place,
where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street,
I saw my penis lying on a blanket
next to a broken toaster oven.
Some guy was selling it.
I had to buy it off him.
He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen.
I took it home, washed it off,
and put it back on. I was happy again. Complete.
People sometimes tell me I should get it permanently attached,
but I don't know.
Even though sometimes it's a pain in the ass,
I like having a detachable penis.
-- King Missile

[moggie]

5. I'd like to shake the surgeon's hand

But not Sergei's, thanks.

[soupkitchen]

6. Or how to turn forearm into foreskin

[mistertrickster]

7. 7 inches--greedy bastard! Well, I guess if you're going the surgical

option for a larger schlong, you deserve more than average.

No guts, no glory.

[papau]

21. "micropenises"less than two inches long when aroused " still no erection

for the 7 inch replacement

albeit it will be in a permanent state of semi-arousal and sex will be possible.

[skypilot]

8. Oh God....

...the Russians beat us to it again. Here comes a whole new version of the Cold War: Let's see whose is bigger.:)

[moggie]

12. We cannot allow a forearm-penis gap! n/t

[skypilot]

14. The U.S. will now have to...

...grow a penis on some guy's thigh since the thigh is even bigger than the forearm and will likely get bigger results.

[Crunchy Frog]

28. Are we going to need a missile defense system

to deal with this new threat?:scared:

[beam me up scottie]

9. I'm not touching this one.

uh uh, no way...

[Fridays Child]

10. Similar Ananova story a few weeks ago...

Some kid in Russia pissed on a hot wire and zapped his penis off. The doctors grew him a new one on his arm. Won't ever get erect but at least he can pee standing up.

Edit: the story included a pic and it was a bit disturbing to look at.

[txaslftist]

11. His right arm or his left?

and is he right handed?

these are important things to know.

[emad]

13. There's a graphic here. Says "Click to Enlarge". If only life was

so simple....
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[kliljedahl]

18. The link is no good, keep getting error page

http://www.kliljedahl.net

[Boomer]

25. Stray space in the URL

Here's the fixed link:

Article link

[Ganja Ninja]

15. What's the big deal?

Our President has been growing a penis between his shoulders for years. And it's all natural no surgeons required!

[rooboy]

16. I don't suppose his name is Dick Armey.... n/t

[HeeBGBz]

22. AR AR AR, it is now! eom

[maddiejoan]

17. don't you see?

forarmed is foreplayed.

[brainshrub]

20. Where did you get your avatar?

Who/what is it?

Welcome to DU.

[YankeyMCC]

24. Well now we know

Who will get the next Nobel Prize for medicine.

[Boomer]

26. The problem isn't his micro-penis

His problem is a micro-imagination.

Gay women manage a pretty spectacular sex life without any penis at all. He could have saved himself a lot of money, not to mention pain and suffering from physically traumatic surgery, by just getting a few lessons on how to please a woman.

[dutchdoctor]

27. I'd rather have them grow a forearm on my penis n/t