Hand Transplant

Recipient - Second In The Nation - Gains Feeling In His New Left Hand

Published in Blood Weekly, September 20th, 2001

Patient Jerry Fisher, the second person in the United States to receive a hand transplant, continues to do well and has gained hot and cold sensation in his new left hand.

Fisher marked his six-month anniversary date of the innovative experimental procedure recently. The hand transplant was performed at Jewish Hospital during a 13-hour surgical procedure by physicians from Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center, PLLC, and University of Louisville in February 2001.

"So far, so good," says Fisher. "The smile on my face gets bigger and bigger everyday. I'm hanging in there, and it's working good."

Fisher reported gaining...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-09-20)

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