Penectomy is the practice of surgical removal of the penis for medical reasons. Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental In ancient civilizations removal of the human Penis was sometimes used as a means of demonstrating superiority armies were sometimes known to sever the penises of their enemies
Cancer, for example, sometimes necessitates removal of all or part of the penis. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled [1] In very rare instances, botched circumcisions have also resulted in full or partial penectomies, as with David Reimer. Male circumcision is the removal of some or all of the Foreskin (prepuce from the Penis. David Reimer ( August 22, 1965 as Bruce Reimer – May 4, 2004) was a Canadian man who was born as a healthy boy but was sexually
Genital surgical procedures for transsexual women undergoing sex reassignment surgery do not usually involve the complete removal of the penis. Transsexualism is a condition in which a person identifies with a physical Sex different from the one with which they were born Sex reassignment surgery (SRS gender reassignment surgery, or sex-change operation is a term for the Surgical procedures by which a person's physical Instead, part or all of the glans is usually kept and reshaped as a clitoris, while the skin of the penile shaft may also be inverted to form the vagina. The glans penis (or simply glans) is the sensitive tip of the Penis. The clitoris is a sexual organ that is present only in Female Mammals In humans the visible button-like portion is located near the Anterior When procedures such as this are not possible, other procedures such as colovaginoplasty are used which may involve the removal of the penis. Vaginoplasty is any surgical procedure whose purpose is to treat Vaginal structural defects affect aesthetic considerations or to partially or totally construct or
Issues related to the removal of the penis appear in psychology, for example in the condition known as castration anxiety. Castration anxiety is an idea put forth by Sigmund Freud in his writings on the Oedipus complex; it posits a deep-seated fear or Anxiety in boys and men Others, who associate the organ with rape, male dominance and aggression, may consciously or unconsciously see the organ (their own or those of others) as a weapon and express a hatred for it, potentially desiring to see it violently removed. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Many observers throughout history have argued that there are influences on Consciousness from other parts of the Mind.
Some men have undergone penectomies as a voluntary body modification, but professional opinion is divided as to whether or not the desire for penile amputation is a pathology, thus including it as part of a body dysmorphic disorder. Body modification (or body alteration) is the permanent or semi-permanent deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons such as sexual enhancement Body dysmorphic disorder ( BDD) (previously known as Dysmorphophobia and sometimes referred to as Body dysmorphia) is a psychiatric disorder Voluntary subincision, removal of the glans penis, and bifurcation of the penis are related topics. The glans penis (or simply glans) is the sensitive tip of the Penis.
References
- ^ Korets R, Koppie TM, Snyder ME, Russo P (2007). "Partial penectomy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis: the memorial sloan-kettering experience". Ann. Surg. Oncol. 14 (12): 3614–9. doi:. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. PMID 17896151.
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David Reimer ( August 22, 1965 as Bruce Reimer – May 4, 2004) was a Canadian man who was born as a healthy boy but was sexually John Wayne Bobbitt (born March 23 1967 in Buffalo New York) and Lorena Leonor Bobbitt ( Née Gallo (born 1970 in Penis transplantation is a surgical transplant procedure in which a Penis is transplanted to a patientDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic