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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...