Burn Victim Gets 2 Hands In 18-Hour Surgery
August 26th, 2010 by Sarah Leeson | Tags: Burn Victim, Surgery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Doctors performed a rare double hand transplant on a burn victim who is recovering Wednesday after the nearly 18-hour surgery. The transplant at a Louisville hospital was only the third in the nation. Jewish Hospital also performed the world’s first successful single hand transplant in 1999. Doctors started the operation at 7 [...]