Living with someone else's penis: The lived experiences of two South African penile allograft recipients: A descriptive phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In South Africa, penile loss is a recognised complication of ritual circumcision which has a profoundly negative effect on these men's psyches and their everyday lives. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the experiences of the first two South African penile allograft transplantation recipients in order to assess the psychosocial impact of this surgery.

Materials and methods

A qualitative descriptive phenomenology approach was used. A total of four in-depth interviews were conducted with the two South African penile transplant recipients. The interviews were transcribed verbatim while adding the field and observational notes. Thematic analysis was used to derive meaning from the collected data.

Results

After the penile loss, both participants repor

SUBMITTER: van der Merwe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8430241 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature