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Doctors say the United States' first recipient of a transplanted penis is recovering well from the delicate surgery.

The Boston doctor who led the first penis transplant in the United States says the delicate and complicated procedure took a "huge team effort."

Dr. Dicken Ko of Massachusetts General Hospital tells reporters the surgery had three key aims: ensuring the transplanted penis looks natural, is capable of normal urination and eventually can achieve normal sexual function.

Ko says people who lose their genitals suffer a loss of self-identity, so the transplant will help with psychological healing as well.

A cancer patient received the first penis transplant in the United States, a Boston hospital said.