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
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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
ReplyDeleteGood 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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