Mentally ill man cuts off his penis in failed suicide attempt – gets it successfully reattached

A 34-year-old mentally ill man who deliberately chopped off his penis during a failed suicide attempt was able to get it successfully reattached – after nearly 24 hours.

FIRST DOCUMENTED CASE OF PENAL REATTACHMENT SO LONG AFTER AMPUTATION

According to the Daily Mail the man from Birmingham, was found unconscious at his home following a psychotic episode in which he amputated his genitalia with a kitchen knife.

Disturbing images revealing his injury were published in the British Medical Journal Case Reports.

It is believed the unidentified patient, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, was also found with self-inflicted stab wounds on several parts of his body.

His penis was put on ice and taken to University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in the ambulance with him.

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The report said by the time the man was resuscitated and rushed into the operating theatre, his penis had been detached from his body for 23 hours.

For the best chance of surgery being a success, previous case studies have found that the penis needs to be replanted within 15 hours.

Doctors reattached the severed part of his penis to the stump and took a piece of vein from the patient’s arm to get the blood flowing again.

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‘The patient reported return of sensation to the penis as well as spontaneous erection six weeks postoperatively,’ the authors wrote in the report.

The surgeons said it was reportedly the first documented case of penal reattachment so long after amputation.