In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" explains how a team of American and French plastic surgeons, doctors, and staff successfully performed the world’s first transatlantic adult bilateral hand transplantation.
Read the September 2018 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Logistics in Coordinating the First Adult Transatlantic Bilateral Hand Transplant: Lessons Learned" by Ben-Amotz, Kruger, McAndrew et al.
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