BOSTON (AP) — A former Marine sergeant who underwent a double arm transplant said Wednesday that the best part about having arms again is that he can hold his fiancee’s hand and pursue his lifelong ...

Will Lautzenheiser lost his arms and legs after a near-fatal infection in Montana. When Here & Now’s Robin Young spoke to Will and his identical twin Tom Lautzenheiser this summer, Will had found out ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A Mexican man whose arms were severely burned by electricity became the first patient in Latin America to receive a double arm transplant, doctors said Thursday. Gabriel Granados, a ...

Surgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston will perform the nation's first double arm transplant on a Texas woman, the hospital announced Wednesday. Katy Hayes, 44, a quadruple amputee and ...

MUNICH, Germany — A German farmer who received the world’s first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of Akdeniz University Hospital stated that Kavdir was fighting for his life in intensive care unit since May 1. The recipient of Turkey's second double ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...