NYU Langone Health Performs World's First Successful Face & Double Hand Transplant
February 04, 2021
February 04, 2021
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021:
A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed a face and double hand transplant for a 22-year-old New Jersey resident severely burned in a horrific car crash. The surgery included transplanting both hands and the full face of a single donor. It marked the first successful combination transplant case of its kind in the world.
A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed a face and double hand transplant for a 22-year-old New Jersey resident severely burned in a horrific car crash. The surgery included transplanting both hands and the full face of a single donor. It marked the first successful combination transplant case of its kind in the world.