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Hand transplant recipient hopes surgery will 'open door' for wounded troops |
| By D. Scriber l Published: Thursday, March 04 2010 17:03 |
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Nine years ago, Janet McWilliams, a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant, lost her hand when a package bomb exploded in her office. Now McWilliams, of Texas, appears to be the first woman to receive a successful hand transplant in the United States. Her surgery took place on February 17, according to the Defense Department, and McWilliams is now recovering at Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland Air Force Base. She called the transplant ”a precious gift” that should give hope to wounded military personnel who lose a limb. Air Force Maj. Dmitry Tuder, a doctor and chief of hand and upper extremity service at Wilford Hall, cautioned, however, it could take about a year for McWilliams to recover feeling in the hand and the ability to use it for daily tasks. “I am hoping that I can open the door for other wounded warriors who are coming back from Iraq, Afghanistan [and] other areas in the world who have lost hands [or] arms; hopefully this will provide hope for them,” McWilliams said in a press conference.Share |
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