Doctors re-implant Kerala man's genital in complex reconstruction surgery

New Delhi: After a woman cut off his genitals during a heated argument last month, a 26-year-old man underwent a successful, albeit complex reconstruction surgery at a hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala.

The genital was successfully re-fixed after an eight-hour-long critical surgery at Aster Malabar Institute of Medical Science (MIMS) and the patient was discharged today, a release from the hospital said.

The man was admitted to the hospital on September 21 with three-fourth of his genital cut off.

A team of surgeons led by Dr Krishnakumar, Senior Consultant and Head of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery department at the hospital performed the surgery a week ago.

It quoted Dr Krishnakumar as saying: "To re-implant an amputated penis, all the complex structures in the organ have to be repaired. In this case, we successfully repaired the arteries, veins, nerves, the urethora and the muscles attached to the organ."

The 30-year old woman, who claimed to be in love with the man, allegedly carried out the attack in an apparent revenge after he attempted to marry another woman. She was arrested on September 24.

(With PTI inputs)