Quadruple amputee vet gets double arm transplant

Quadruple amputee vet gets double arm transplant

Brendan Marrocco describes this personal photo as being taken on Dec. 17, the last day he wore his prosthetic arm. Marrocco underwent a double arm transplant Dec. 18 at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore.

The 13-hour operation is the seventh double-hand or double-arm transplant done in the United States.

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