TESTIS TRANSPLANT WHY DONT THAY DO THEM?????

[421]

I HAVE READ THAT IT CAN BE DONE THARE ARE CASES OF IT BEING DONE.A LOT OF ORGANS ARE TRANSPLANTED BUT THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO be DONE DONT UNDERSTAND WHY AT LEAST NONE IN THE USA WHAT ABOUT SOMEWHARE ELSE.IF ANY ONE HAS ANSWERS OR ?? please post.

[tlh777]

it can probably be done in China or India.they have done faces and penises.here are some links.i do not know why America doesn't have the technology.read the last one so close to us but so far away.
http://www.nysun.com/article/39937

http://health.discovery.com/centers/plasticsurgery/facetransplant/slideshow/slide_02.html

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2006/06/28/teeth-grow.html

[osteodoc10]

I have no idea, but I can guess:
As with any transplant, you will have to take anti-rejection medications for the rest of your life... so it would be much eaiser just to take hormone replacement therapy rather than go through a surgery and have to worry about rejection.

[tlh777]

i found some more information.these are links to ovary transplants,hand transplants,uterus transplant,ligament,intestine,and foreskin.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1787030.stm
the first one is a self testicular transplant.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-039-s-First-Whole-Ovary-Transplants-47070.shtml
http://www.handtransplant.org/organizations/
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/saudsc.htm
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=632232005
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05131/502098.stm
http://www.easymidget.com/new/stories/0901_lovedockter.shtml

[osteodoc10]

What is it that you want to gain from a transplant? Do you want to be able to have a child or do you not want to have to take testosterone replacement therapy? The first transplant link you gave was a special case where the patient’s healthy testicle was removed before he had chemotherapy. It was then placed back into him after his chemo. In the other cases, the donor was a different person... thus if you had a child using someone else’s testicle, the child would not be genetically related to you. This is probably why the surgery isn’t done much.