After hand transplant surgery, Lindsay Ess had to relearn what hands could do. Jan. 5, 2013— -- After receiving a radical double hand transplant surgery, Lindsay Ess had to relearn what her hands ...

One of the first people in the U.K. to undergo a double hand transplant surprised the lead surgeon who led his operation with a handwritten thank-you letter nine months after his surgery, according to ...

One of the newest surgeons to join the University of Arizona is aiming high - he wants to create the world's premier center for hand-transplant surgery here in Tucson. He'd also like to set up a ...

July 7, 2003 — Editor's Note: A French-Italian team performed the first hand transplant in September 1998, but the hand had to be removed after 23 months because the patient was not compliant with ...

A woman who lived without hands or legs for eight years after a sepsis infection turned her limbs black can now finally hold her granddaughter’s hand, thanks to a life-changing transplant. Kim Smith ...

A 20-year-old man born without fingers on one hand hopes a transplanted hand will give him more confidence. He knows the risks of such a visible... Will A Transplanted Hand Feel Like His Own? Surgery ...

PHILADELPHIA— In a Penn Medicine medical marvel six years in the making, a 28-year-old Swiss man has hands of his own for the first time since he lost his arms and legs to major infection at age 12.

BACKGROUND: According to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, hand transplant surgeries were put into practice in 1998. The first patient was a man in New Zealand, and his surgery failed due ...