 In April 2006, the Xijing military hospital in Xian carried out a face transplant operation covering the cheek, upper lip, and nose of Li Guoxing, who was mauled by an Asiatic black bear while protecting his sheep.The first successful penis transplant procedure was performed in September 2006, at a military hospital in Guangzhou.The patient, a 44-year-old male, had sustained the loss of most of his penis in an accident.