Mark Cahill: The UK's first hand transplant

Описание: 51-year-old Mark Cahill has become the first person in the UK to have a hand transplant and says he looks forward to being "able to hold my grandson's hand".

Mark Cahill expressed delight at his "brand new hand" saying it would enable him to cut up his own food once more, dress himself, and play properly with his grandson.
The 51-year-old, a former publican, was left with a functionless right hand as a result of gout and a subsequent infection. For five years it had been totally rigid.
But on December 27 a specialist team at Leeds General Infirmary amputated it, replacing it with the donor hand during an eight-hour operation.
The procedure involved mapping all the nerves, blood vessels and tendons on both hands to ensure the best possible result.
Although this hand transplant is not a world first - that happened in France in 1998 - it is the first time surgeons anywhere have carried out a hand amputation simultaneously.

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