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The South African surgeon who performed the world's first successful penis transplant. Professor Andre van der Merwe of Stellenbosch University led a team of surgeons in a complex nine hour operation to attach a donor organ onto a 21 year old man. The patient's own penis had dropped off after complications following a botched circumcision that was performed as part of a traditional coming of age ceremony. The Professor spoke to Outlook's Matthew Bannister. He began by telling him more about the coming of age ritual.