News tagged with hand transplant

Double hand transplant patient shows new hands

(AP) -- The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.

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created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Calif. woman shows off newly transplanted hand

(AP) -- For the first time in five years, Emily Fennell has two hands.

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created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel

(AP) -- The nation's first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife's hands when he holds ...

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UCLA's first hand transplant patient adapting well to new hand

Six-and-a-half weeks after receiving the first hand transplant in the western United States, Emily Fennell is becoming so accustomed to her new right hand that she barely remembers when she didn't have one.

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created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calif. woman to show off newly transplanted hand

(AP) -- A 26-year-old mother who lost her right hand in a traffic accident several years ago is reuniting with her doctors to show off her new donated hand.

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created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Marine moves fingers after rare hand transplant

(AP) -- Surgeons have transplanted a hand onto a Marine who was hurt in a training accident, and he has some movement in his fingers, according to the hospital where the operation occurred.

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created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0