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Did they drill a hole down the centre of the finger so that it was 'functional' or was it merely an aesthetic thing?
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Not sure. It was last year that I saw the story on TV. But it was fully functional; he could even have sex.
And yes mawk, penile cancer does exist. You'd be surprised at all the strange ways surgeons can reconstruct body parts. If a find any sources on the story, I'll be sure to post them.
EDIT: I did a search or two and found a few articles mentioning the story. Here's the most reliable one about the transplant itself:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract