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The Daily Life of a Hand Transplant Recipient

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This chapter is the personal story of the first combined above elbow and hand transplant (double hand/forearm) recipient in the U.S.

First US patient receiving a combined forearm and hand transplantation

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Alysoun Goebel for proofreading and assistance with this manuscript.

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  1. Double Hand Transplant Patient, Transplant Composite Tissue Allograph, 3225 Meadow lane, Harrisburg, 17109, PA, USA

    Christopher Pollock

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Correspondence to Christopher Pollock .

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  1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Gerald Brandacher

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Pollock, C. (2015). The Daily Life of a Hand Transplant Recipient. In: Brandacher, G. (eds) The Science of Reconstructive Transplantation. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2071-6_4

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