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Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone
Date:1/21/2009

Jewish Hospital is the only center in the United States to perform the hand transplantation procedure. Other centers in the U.S. are now interested in performing the experimental procedure.

Kentuckiana Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) coordinated the donation of the hands for all five U.S. hand transplant recipients. KODA worked very closely with the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization for the fifth hand transplant to coordinate the hand donation with the family and hospital. Without the help of these organ procurement agencies and the families, these procedures could not have taken place.

The third, fourth and fifth U.S. hand transplants are sponsored by the Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research and Office of Army Research to further research in the composite tissue allotransplantation program.

A hand transplant, unlike a solid organ transplant, involves multiple tissues (skin, muscle, tendon, bone, cartilage, fat, nerves and blood vessels) and is called composite tissue allotransplantation.

To date, there have been a total of 40 hands transplanted on 32 patients around the world.

Information, photography and video are available on our web sites at www.handtransplant.com and www.jewishhospital.org. Video on the website is not broadcast quality. For broadcast quality clips of the press conference and b-roll, go to http://handtransplant.com/media.asp.

Photo and interview opportunities will be available with the speakers. Also available will be:

  • Jan "Erik" Hondusky, the U.S. fifth hand transplant recipient
  • Bob Shircliff, president/CEO, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare
  • Dr. Larry
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