Germany 19-year-old young man and his arms move to 54-year-old patients

Keywords: double arm transplant

[] Hearing: according to the United Kingdom the Daily Telegraph and Germany media 30, reported that recently implemented in Munich Germany doctors of the world's first full-arm transplant, a total of 30 000 doctors into five groups, from July 25 to 26, a full 16 hours fighting. Donors are killed in traffic accidents in the 19-year-old boy, Germany which accept transplantation patients are men, aged 54-year-old farm workers, 6 years ago in an accident in the lost both arms. It is learnt that the operation completed smoothly, patients will undergo further hospitalization 5 weeks. However, in addition to the "novice" possible psychological shadow, he must also take on a life raft.

30 000 doctors worked 16 hours

July 25, Munich Technical University affiliated teaching hospitals "Uysal River right bank teaching hospital" Edgar · Professor than Mo and his colleague Christophe · Geyer Encore lead a 30-person team started this unprecedented difficult surgery. After 16 hours of collective struggle, until the next day surgery party be completed smoothly.

In order to finish the marathon operation, more than 30 medical staff is divided into five groups. The first 2 groups respectively from the donor's body removed an arm, after two group is two-sided in patients with a broken arm stump for processing, in order to accept the "new arm." The fifth group from donors who remove the vein in order to allow patients with transplant "new arm" have better blood circulation. Doctors then use screws and metal bars attached to the arm bone. With the help of a microscope, they will arm arteries and veins a a connected.

Worried about an exclusion

On 27 July, finally recovered consciousness patients, and his wife smile. It is expected that he will accept the hospitals as long as 5 weeks of rigorous observation and treatment. Doctors cautious says that a conclusion that the success of the transplantations are still premature. Stephanie 65 than Merton Professor says: "the limb transplant rejection force is much better than the other (organ) transplant. Because the skin is the body's largest immune barrier, it instinctively reject it as not understanding ' new skin '. Fortunately, a new drug has prevented this rejection, but patients must take this life-rafts. ”

May produce psychological shadow

According to Professor than Mo, in the arteries and veins is switched on before the doctors first donor grafting in patients with forearm shoulder Wo. Although surgery nerve sheath has been a successful transplant, but new nerve growth still need time, patients "novice" fingertip regain feeling will require 2 years time. Confidently than Merton Professor says: "while playing the piano, but he is clearly a quality of life will be changed. ”

However, most worried or patient transplantation "new boom" after the possible psychological shadows. A "Uysal River right bank teaching hospital," the doctor said: "the 54-year-old he must accept this reality, he was once lost both arms is back, but this time they are from a younger 35-year-old boy. We will tell him the resulting psychological shadows. Get a pair of young man's arm, might make him feel the Carnival is gone, but this does not affect his strength. ”