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First double arm transplant

First double arm transplant
Who
33 year-old Frenchman
Where
France (Edouard-Herriot Hospital,Lyon)
When
January 2000
In January 2000, Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard headed an international team of 18 surgeons and 32 support staff, who transplanted two arms just below the elbow onto a 33 year-old French explosives worker, who lost his arms in an accident four years previously.when a rocket malfunctioned. The procedure took 17 hours to complete and was performed at the Edouard-Herriot Hospital in Lyon, France. Professor Dubernard rose to prominence in 1998, when he successfully transplanted a hand onto road accident victim Clint Hallam.