In a double transplant, four teams of surgeons operate simultaneously — two teams preparing the patient’s arms and the other two preparing the donor limbs. ... How an arm transplant is done.

Until a possible, if improbable, solution arose: an arm transplant. Fewer than two dozen people have undergone this procedure. Most medical centers do not perform them.

How Surgeons Performed a Double Arm Transplant Six weeks ago, Iraqi veteran and quadruple amputee Brendan Marrocco underwent surgery to get a new pair of arms .

John Peck received a life-changing double arm transplant in August. By ABC News. December 13, 2016, 11:13 AM. 2:20.

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.

A 54-year-old German farmer who lost his arms in an accident six years ago has just received two new arms in the first double-arm transplant operation ever performed (pictured is one of his new ...

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.

Seven months after his successful double arm transplant, a recovering quadruple amputee shares his story of loss and remarkable recovery. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit ...

BOSTON – A former Marine sergeant who underwent a double arm transplant at a Boston hospital says the best things about having arms again is that he can hold his fiancee's hand and pursue his ...