Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Double Hand Transplant Performed In Louisville
KENTUCKY....
A team of surgeons from Kleinert Kutz and Associates and the University of Louisville began performing a complex double hand transplant Tuesday evening at the Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center, the first in the region and third in the nation. Lead surgeon Dr. Warren Breidenbach said doctors were able to put some of the patient's existing nerves into hands from a donor. The first two U.S. double hand transplants were performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Doctors said the patient is expected to spend about three months in Louisville recovering and undergoing extensive rehabilitation.
A team of surgeons from Kleinert Kutz and Associates and the University of Louisville began performing a complex double hand transplant Tuesday evening at the Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center, the first in the region and third in the nation. Lead surgeon Dr. Warren Breidenbach said doctors were able to put some of the patient's existing nerves into hands from a donor. The first two U.S. double hand transplants were performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Doctors said the patient is expected to spend about three months in Louisville recovering and undergoing extensive rehabilitation.
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