9+ hour reattachment surgery
Surgeons Dr. Jim Sen and Dr. David Berman spent more than 9 hours successfully reattaching John Bobbitt's severed penis in the early morning of June 23, 1993.
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The Aftermath: Hot Dog Box, Police, and Reattachment Surgery
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Lorena ran to her car and drove toward the nail salon, still clutching what she had severed. About a mile from the apartment, she realized she was still holding it and threw it from the window into an overgrown lot next to a 7-Eleven. She called 911 from the nail salon with her boss, effectively turning herself in and also providing police with the location of the organ. Officers located it in the overgrowth but were uncomfortable handling it without gloves — one ran to the 7-Eleven and returned with a hot dog box filled with ice, an improvised solution that Ash refuses to let slide without acknowledgment. The organ was rushed to the hospital where urologist Dr. Jim Sen had been called in, knowing only that a patient had presented with 'an amputation of the penis.' Crucially, newly transferred plastic surgeon Dr. David Berman — on the job just one month — was brought in for his expertise with tiny blood vessels. The surgery took more than nine hours. Dr. Sen later said he had never seen anything 'quite this gruesome' in urology. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "9+ hour reattachment surgery: Surgeons Dr. Jim Sen and Dr. David Berman spent more than 9 hours successfully reattaching John Bobbitt's sev…" 30:56
Nine Hours to Reattach: The Surgery That Made History
Urologist Dr. Jim Sen was on call when John Bobbitt arrived with an amputated penis — and the organ was still missing. Once police located it on ice in a hot dog box, Dr. Sen enlisted newly transferred plastic surgeon Dr. David Berman, whose expertise in tiny blood vessels was critical. The surgery took more than nine hours. Dr. Sen said he had never seen an injury 'quite this gruesome' in urology.
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