Penis-slashing victim faces difficult medical choices
By LANDON HALL / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/penis-308294-gelman-victim.htmlThe Garden Grove man who had his penis cut off faces an uncertain prognosis, local doctors say. Even after reconstructive surgery, he might never regain normal sexual function.
The victim's wife, Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, is accused of drugging him, tying him to the bed and then slicing off his penis after an argument Monday night.
Because of privacy concerns, few details about the unidentified victim, 60, have been released, other than he's in "good spirits" at UCI Medical Center in Orange. Hospital spokesman John Murray says the victim has not expressed interest in discussing his ordeal, and the doctor who performed emergency surgery on him has not been made available to discuss the man's treatment and recovery options.
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There are options for penis repair after mutilation
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times/For the Booster Shots blog
July 14, 2011, 1:20 p.m.
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-penis-repair-07142011,0,2278919.storyThe actions of a Southern California woman who allegedly cut off her husband's penis has horrified men throughout the country, perhaps even the world.
In the midst of divorce proceedings triggered, perhaps, by "inappropriate relationships" on his part, Catherine Kieu Becker drugged her husband's meal to render him unconscious, tied him to a bed and cut off his penis with a 10-inch kitchen knife, police say. She then put the severed organ in the garbage disposal and turned it on before calling 911.
Surprisingly, penis destruction is not that uncommon an event, and surgeons have developed a variety of techniques to deal with it.
