Thursday, August 26, 2010
Oklahoma Doctor...Recipient Of Double Hand Transplant
KENTUCKY....
Fifty-five year old Dr. Richard Edwards, of Edmond, Oklahoma, has been identified as the recipient of a double hand transplant during a 17 1/2 hour surgery Tuesday and Wednesday at Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center in Louisville. Dr. Edwards was a chiropractor who'd practiced for 24 years before he sustained second and third degree burns on his body while he was trapped in a fire in February 2006. Edwards was severely burned on his face, back, arms and hands. He was left with very little tissue on both hands. The fire disfigured his hands and surgeons were forced to remove a major portion of seven fingers. Edwards had several reconstructive surgeries and skin grafts and spent several months in a burn center. Before the transplant, he had very little hand function and was dependent on his wife and others.
Fifty-five year old Dr. Richard Edwards, of Edmond, Oklahoma, has been identified as the recipient of a double hand transplant during a 17 1/2 hour surgery Tuesday and Wednesday at Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center in Louisville. Dr. Edwards was a chiropractor who'd practiced for 24 years before he sustained second and third degree burns on his body while he was trapped in a fire in February 2006. Edwards was severely burned on his face, back, arms and hands. He was left with very little tissue on both hands. The fire disfigured his hands and surgeons were forced to remove a major portion of seven fingers. Edwards had several reconstructive surgeries and skin grafts and spent several months in a burn center. Before the transplant, he had very little hand function and was dependent on his wife and others.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:29 PM 
