World's First Quadruple Limb Transplant Fails

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 27, 2012 @05:31AM from the not-this-time dept.

New submitter smoothjazz writes "The world's first quadruple limb transplant failed, according to Hacettepe University. Doctors had to remove the arms and legs that had been transplanted last Friday onto Sevket Çavdar, 27, because of tissue incompatibility. From the article: 'Doctors had first removed one leg from the patient after his heart and vascular system failed to sustain the limb and then the other leg and two arms. "The science council (of the hospital) decided to remove the organs one by one due to additional metabolic complications in the following process," the hospital said in a statement. "Our patient is now in the intensive care unit. The critical process is still continuing," it added.'"

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Re:Would the limbs have ever worked? by Scootin159 · 2012-02-27 05:46 · Score: 4, Informative

Limb transplants are nothing new: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_transplantation
Re:What's in a name by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-27 05:50 · Score: 3, Informative

That character is equivalent to the "ch" sound in English. His name would be pronounced as Shevket Chavdar.
R.I.P. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-27 07:36 · Score: 3, Informative

It is reported by Turkish news that the guy just passed away.