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World's first quadruple limb transplant

By T.K. Randall
February 27, 2012 · Comment icon 2 comments

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Surgeons in Turkey took 20 hours to surgically attach two legs and two arms to a young patient.
It's the first operation of its kind in the world and required a team of 50 doctors to complete, an appeal has since gone out to request blood donations in the event of complications. Turkey has also seen some other unique surgical procedures in recent times including two face transplants, one of which on a man who lost 70% of his face when he was two years old after a TV exploded.
The world's first ever quadruple limb transplant was carried out by surgeons at a Turkish hospital today who attached two arms and two legs to a young man. The operation took 20 hours to complete and required 50 doctors to help attach the limbs.


Source: Daily Mail | Comments (2)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Still Waters 12 years ago
He died http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2107533/Quadruple-limb-transplant-fails-patient-dies-days-operation.html
Comment icon #2 Posted by psyche101 12 years ago
That is a really sad story, I am so very sorry to hear the surgery was not successful.


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