[Dave]

I've been collecting these stories over a period of time, this is on AOL news today:

Wife rejects transplanted penis

The first penis to be successfully transplanted has been rejected - by the recipient's wife, it has been reported.

A 44-year-old Chinese father-of-three was left with a 0.4in stump and was unable to urinate or have sexual intercourse after being injured in a car accident, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Surgeons at Guangzhou General Hospital spent 15 hours attaching a four-inch organ from a brain-dead 22-year-old man after his parents agreed.

The surgical team said that, after 10 days, blood was flowing into the transplanted penis, there was no sign of the patient's body rejecting it and he was able to urinate normally.

But in next month's edition of the journal European Urology, they report that they had to remove the organ because of "a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife".

Dr Weilie Hu writes: "The recipient could urinate smoothly in a standing position at day 10 after removal of the catheter."

Previously severed penises have been sewn back on after accidents or attacks but this was thought to be the first time surgeons had carried out a successful transplant.

Chinese media said that the patient was able to attain an erection immediately after the operation which cost £3,500.

Transplants in China often involve organs removed from executed prisoners.