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Transplant News |
Two medics in Mexico carrying a transplant-bound heart stepped off a helicopter, stumbled, and dumped the cooler and its contents onto the street. Horrified medics rushed to get the heart back into the cooler, along with the organ-preservation solutions that had slipped out with it. Read More...
Doctors perform first hand transplant in
DOD A team of military and civilian doctors
performed the first-ever female hand
transplant in the U.S. Feb. 17 at Wilford
Hall Medical Center here. Retired Master
Sgt. Janet McWilliams is the 10th person
in the U.S. to undergo this procedure and
the first to have it done in a Department of
Defense facility. Read More...
Man gets first double hand transplant in
U.S. A 57-year-old man from Alberta,
Georgia has become the first person in
the U.S. to receive a double hand transplant.
After undergoing a ten-hour surgery that
ended Monday night, the patient, Jeff
Kepner, is in critical but stable condition,
Read More...
A German farmer who received the world's
first complete double arm transplant is
recovering well and able to perform
some basic tasks, though doctors said
Wednesday it still could take up to two
years before he relearns how to use his
hands. Read More... |
