First American double hand transplant recipient
Jeff Kepner is the first ever recipient of double hand transplant surgery in the United States . The surgery was performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Monday May 4, 2009. Kepner lost both hands and feet in 1999 from a strep infection.
The organ donor whose hands Kepner received was Jeffrey Keen, a 23-year-old from Clearfield, PA.
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References
Madison Park (2009-05-08). "Pastry chef receives double hand transplant" . CNN . Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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