A man has been left with a mutilated penis after risky enlargement surgery went horrifically wrong.
The doctor who performed the operation has been ordered to pay damages after leaving his patient with a loss of sexual function, trouble urinating and psychological distress following the botched procedure.
The unidentified patient, 35, had the operation in the Gangnam district of southern Seoul, South Korea, in 2020.
During the botched procedure, the surgeon cut through all of the corpus cavernosum, the tissue in the shaft which is vital for erections.
The doc also cut through the corpus spongiosum, the tissue that surrounds the urethra.
The two critical errors left the man with a penis severed horizontally.
The urologist who performed the procedure was ordered by a court in January 2024 to pay the equivalent of around £13,100 in damages; however, the physician has appealed this ruling.
Earlier this month, the doctor was ordered to pay another £3,000 in medical negligence compensation after losing the appeal.
During the trial, it was alleged that the doctor had not informed the patient of the risks of the procedure, which he denied.
A Korean man has been left with a severed penis after two critical errors during an enlargement surgery
The enlargement procedure was even higher risk for this patient as he already had a penis implant, which had fused to his penile tissue.
‘There is a possibility that the patient would have refused the surgery had the risks been properly explained,’ the court heard.
The court also heard that the injury could have been avoided during the procedure if warning signs were spotted.
‘In a case with serious adhesion, the dissection should have been halted before causing injury, and suturing [stitches] should have been considered to prevent complications.
‘Attempting dissection despite poor visibility of the penile anatomy led to the injury.’
A global ranking of penis size by the World Population Review found that South Koreans have one of the smallest manhoods globally, measuring in at 4.32′ when erect.
Research suggests only a third of men are happy with what they have got downstairs.
And a 2015 YouGov study found that young British men are more likely than Germans or Americans to want a larger penis.
Nearly half (42 per cent) of men in Britain said they wanted a larger penis, compared to 30 per cent in Germany and 23 per cent in the US.
