02/17/2021
Amazing!
A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first successful face and double hand transplant for a 22-year-old patient who was severely burned in a horrific car crash. Following the surgery, he continues with outpatient rehabilitation, which includes .
“Ultimately everything we do with him is with the goal of getting him back to the activities of everyday life he enjoyed before, like feeding and dressing himself, lifting weights, and playing golf,” says April D. O’ Connell, OT/L, clinical specialist for hand and upper extremity rehabilitation. Read more about this remarkable story here: https://bit.ly/2Ngf9zP