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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...