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Medical team celebrate double arm transplant

Source: ABC News
Published: Saturday, August 2, 2008 9:04 AEST
Expires: Friday, October 31, 2008 9:04 AEST

Doctors in Germany say they have performed the world's first transplant of two full arms, on a man who had lost both his limbs in a farming accident.

Tags: medical-procedures, medical-research, germany

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