The intervention, which lasted 15 hours, was carried out on a 48-year-old Icelander who had lost both his arms following an accident on a high-voltage line when he was 26 years old.
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- A 48-year-old Icelander had two arms and two shoulders transplanted for the first time in the world on January 13, 2021.
- An electrician by profession, he had lost the use of his arms after being electrocuted on a high voltage line at the age of 26.
- The operation took place in Lyon, under the supervision of the team of Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard, specialist in transplants.
A world first took place in Lyon on January 13th. A 48-year-old man had both shoulders and both arms transplanted. The story, told by our colleagues from 20 minutes, took place at the Edouard-Herriot hospital. Assisted by their colleagues from the Clinique du Parc, the Villefranche-sur-Saône hospital, the Jean-Mermoz hospital and the Villeurbanne Médipôle, the doctors were able to transplant this father after 15 hours of operation.
five years of waiting
The man, originally from Iceland, suffered an amputation of both arms at the age of 26 following electrocution on a high voltage line. The feat of this operation lies in the shoulder transplant, which had never been performed before. The first two-arm transplant was performed in Germany in 2008, in Munich, but stopped just below the shoulders.
This time, the patient, an electrician by profession, had been on the waiting list for five years to receive these two grafts. He moved to Lyon in 2013 when his transplant file was accepted. If the capital of Gaul was chosen by the patient, it is thanks to Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard and his team, who specialize in transplants. They were already the first to perform a hand transplant in 1998, then a double hand transplant in 2000 and a face transplant in 2006.
According to the Hospices Civils de Lyon, the operation went well and the patient, still in intensive care, is in stable condition. We must now wait to see if the body will not reject the two grafts. In a second step, the man will then have to carry out rehabilitation to learn how to use his new limbs. Its care will be shared between the Edouard-Herrriot and Henry-Gabrielle hospitals.
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