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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 06 > Georgia man’s 2 new hands are a U.S. first

Georgia man’s 2 new hands are a U.S. first


May 6, 2009

PITTSBURGH — Teams of surgeons performed the nation’s first double hand transplant on a man whose hands and feet were ravaged by a bacterial infection a decade ago and who hoped to once again be able to hold his daughter.

Jeff Kepner, 57, of Augusta, Ga., underwent surgery....

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