Eight-year-old boy becomes youngest patient to receive double-hand transplant - video
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An eight-year-old boy from Baltimore who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection is the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant. A 40-person medical team used steel plates and screws to attach the old and new bones. Surgeons the Philadelphia children's hospital then painstakingly reconnected Zion Harvey's arteries, veins, muscles, tendons and nerves. Doctors say Harvey will spend several weeks in physical rehab at the hospital before returning home Continue reading...
