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Video update on the progress of the patient in Germany who received a double arm transplant.  Progress is being made and he can open doors now but still has a ways to go, imagine having arms after 6 years with none!  BD

A 54-year-old German farmer who lost his arms in an accident six years ago has just received two new arms in the first double-arm transplant operation ever performed (pictured is one of his new arms). A team of German doctors spent 15 hours grafting two arms from a recently-deceased teen donor onto the man's shoulders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GATCiaeuK0E

Monday, October 13, 2008
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2 comments :

  1. AnonymousOctober 13, 2008 at 9:20 AM

    this is amazing, and raises a lot of questions. As a nurse I wonder what the psycho-social impacts are, how he is adjusting to the change, what if the outcomes do not continue to be positive. fascinating

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  2. Medical QuackOctober 13, 2008 at 10:32 PM

    Good points and I hope they are positive as well. One thing for sure he is ahead of where he was beforehand.

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