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World's First Double Hand Transplant Involving a Child Declared a Success (ctvnews.ca)
randomErr shares a report from CTV News: The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors said Tuesday, declaring the ground-breaking operation a success after 18 months. The report in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health provides the first official medical update on 10-year old Zion Harvey, who underwent surgery to replace both hands in July 2015. Harvey had his hands and feet amputated at the age of two, following a sepsis infection. He also had a kidney transplant. Harvey was already receiving drugs to suppress any immune reaction to his kidney, which was a key factor in his selection for the 10-plus hour hand transplant surgery.
's all I can say.
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...each hand was from a different political party. His parents noticed their son had a red crayon in one hand and a blue crayon in the other as he was gerrymandering Sesame Street.
Care killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
I hope this kid recovers and gives the operation two thumbs up!
Yes it's an anecdote! Were you expecting original research in a Slashdot comment?
...deserves two really big hands.
Care killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
The unasked question here is why was the Sepsis not managed in first place. It is well understood condition and early intervention is the key to successful outcomes, was he denied early healthcare cover, people should be told.
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Would have been tough to jerk off with no hands
They either had to give him two new hands, or remove two ribs from his rib cage. I think they made the right choice.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
how weird would it be to have two stumps that can't do anything
love is just extroverted narcissism
what if they only had two right hands and one of them was black.
Now, I'm not normally one to bitch and moan about the editorial staff, but how the heck is this article not from the "give-em-a-hand dept."?!?
my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their
I'm, you're, he's/she's/it's, we're, you're, they're
Are you missing somethig? ;)
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I was born without a thumb and with a tiny annoying useless thumb (couldn't move it due to lack of bones and muscles -- it was removed in 1984) as parts of my disabilities. Almost a decade later, I got a surgery to rotate my right hand's left non-thumb finger 90 degrees into a thumb. It was a success. I can use it for writing better, holding light cups, etc. However, it is not very strong. I still use my left untouched hand for heavier and stronger stuff. I didn't want to make a thumb for that hand for that reason. :)
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Your logo is pretty illegible. The overall look is not great, but it kinda has a hacker lack-of-aesthetic. How do you feel about something a little more graphic?
Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
That's incredible. It's also nasty AF. How weird would it be to have someone else's paws? Hey, what if they were black, or brown, or yellow?
There's a part of your brain that makes your body feel as if you own it, and even as if you are in it. As long as that works, they'll feel like his hands irrespective of what he's aware of intellectually.
As for the race thing, I'll just roll my eyes. I bet you'd turn down donated hands if they were the wrong colour. Anyone with an impoverished mind would.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.