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NYU Langone Health Performs World’s First Successful Face & Double Hand Transplant

Gift of Life is proud to have worked with NYU Langone Health on the groundbreaking first face and bilateral hand transplant in U.S. history.

A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed a face and double hand transplant for a 22-year-old New Jersey resident severely burned in a horrific car crash. The surgery included transplanting both hands and the full face of a single donor. It marked the first successful combination transplant case of its kind in the world.

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