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Doctors at Johns Hopkins perform first "total" penis and scrotum transplant on injured veteran

Doctors at Johns Hopkins successfully performed the world's first "total" penis and scrotum transplant on a veteran severely injured by an IED in Afghanistan. The procedure took 14 hours, and involved nine plastic surgeons and two urologists. Dr. Richard Redett, one of the surgeons involved in the procedure, joins CBSN to explain how it was accomplished, and the patient's outlook.
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