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First Bilateral Hand Transplant in a Child: Zion's Story
- Published_at:2015-07-28
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- tags: Organ Transplant (Medical Specialty) Hand Transplantation Pediatrics (Industry) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Immunosuppression (Medical Treatment) Kidney Transplantation (Disease Or Medical Condition) vascularized composite allotransplantation L. Scott Levin Benjamin Chang organ donation United Network For Organ Sharing (Nonprofit Organization)
- description: The world’s first bilateral hand transplant in a child has taken place at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. For more: http://www.chop.edu/handtransplant The surgery took more than 12 hours. The team, led by L. Scott Levin, M.D., and Benjamin Chang, M.D., included 12 surgeons, 8 nurses, 4 anesthesiologists and others. Levin and Chang direct the Hand Transplantation Program at CHOP. The recipient, Zion, 8, lost his hands and lower legs at the age of 2 as a result of a life-threatening infection. He also went into kidney failure as a result of the infection. He had a kidney transplant at age 4, with his mother as the donor. Zion takes immunosuppressant drugs because of the kidney transplant. This made him an ideal candidate for hand transplant. After more than 18 months of evaluation and preparation, Zion was listed for donor hands. This field of transplant surgery is called vascularized composite allotransplantation.
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