BOSTON — In the lobby of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a young boy stares at Will Lautzenheiser in his wheelchair. He tugs on his mom’s arm, pointing at Lautzenheiser’s metal legs.

Pain that left him despairing about the future. Until a possible, if improbable, solution arose: an arm transplant. Fewer than two dozen people have undergone this procedure. Most medical centers ...

This is the basic procedure. Johns Hopkins Hospital performs double arm transplant Johns Hopkins Hospital performs double arm transplant With transplanted arms and Army grit, a quadruple amputee ...

Now the recipient of a rare arm transplant, he works out every day and is gaining function in his new limb. Jeff Swedarsky, 37, had his arm torn off in a fall at a D.C. hotel in June 2014.

A former soldier who became a quadruple amputee after an explosion in Iraq three years ago has undergone a rare double arm transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the hospital said Monday.

The 13-hour operation was led by Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, plastic surgery chief at Johns Hopkins, and is the seventh double-hand or double-arm transplant done in the United States. Lee led three of ...

John Peck received a life-changing double arm transplant in August. — -- Just four months after undergoing a life-changing double-arm transplant, John Peck shared how far he has come by ...

151; -- A Marine veteran is celebrating after successfully undergoing surgery for a double arm transplant and now hopes to achieve his dream of becoming a chef. John Peck, 31, spoke with reporters ...

“I lost my arm, but at the same time it saved my life ... And while a successful operation takes planning and precise execution from the transplant team, Shores emphasizes that the key ...

Will learned about the possibility of arm transplantation not long after he lost his limbs, but it came with its own set of complications. A transplant of this kind would most likely require a ...

If I lost my arm in an accident, is there a reason to choose a prosthetic arm versus a transplant? You're limited by your anatomy and your health. Everyone who wants a hand transplant, we first ...

In Nov. 2017, the 35-year-old became the first patient in the U.S. to undergo a double above-the-elbow arm transplant. Now, almost one year later, he has regained movement in his fingers ...