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How to Replace a Severed Penis

Getting 'Bobbitted' isn't the end of your sex life

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 14, 2011 12:10 PM CDT | Updated Jul 17, 2011 4:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Note to guys: If your penis is ever chopped off, never fear. You can get a new one—and it'll still work, MyHealthNewsDaily reports. The ideal solution, says a doctor, is to reattach the original equipment. But if it’s been, say, put through a garbage disposal, as the penis of Catherine Kieu Becker’s husband reportedly was, it can be replaced using a muscle graft, usually from the thigh or forearm. The graft is then covered with skin from elsewhere on the body.

The new penis might not “look like the real thing,” says a doctor, but it would still work: The man in question can still have an erection and even an orgasm, since the necessary nerves remain in place. Ejaculating, however, becomes impossible. Urinating is another matter. If the urethra—the tube linking the bladder and penis—has been cut, then doctors usually build a new one under the scrotum. That means peeing sitting down.

This image provided by the Orange County District Attorney's office shows a booking photo of Catherine Kieu Becker, who allegedly cut off her husband's penis and stuck it in the garbage disposal.
This image provided by the Orange County District Attorney's office shows a booking photo of Catherine Kieu Becker, who allegedly cut off her husband's penis and stuck it in the garbage disposal.   (AP Photo/Orange County District Attorney)
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HappyHabenero
Jul 18, 2011 2:52 AM CDT
the operation is called an "addadicktome" 
JohnQT
Jul 18, 2011 1:24 AM CDT
Why is the editor treating this as a joke? If a woman was raped and they had some kind of memory eraser like Eternal mind..would it be ok to say.."Hey ladies if your ever raped have no fear! we can wipe your memories!" The misandry displayed by The TV show "The Talk" was unbelievable..the audience laughed  Osborn joked about the garbage disposal....
Non-deep-thinker
Jul 17, 2011 8:59 PM CDT
Not every couple in the world gets along perfectly.  There's a lot of people sleeping with one eye open after this.

 
surgery • penis • reconstructive surgery • Lorena Bobbitt • Catherine Kieu Becker

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