Talk:Hand transplantation

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UCLA hand transplant now public[edit]

The article currently mentions "a 26 year old woman". They recently uploaded the video with more details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgaMZT1Z2dw —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.91.69.2 (talk) 12:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could[edit]

Could someone pls add infomration about how the nerves are joined up? Maybe start the page on "nerve repair" or "nerve reconenction" -- thanks.

Hand transplant is highly controversial in the media, especially fiction. You know the nice guy loses arm in an accident and gets the replacement arm of an executed serial murderer. Then the "killer arm" will overtake his personality and he will go on wielding an axe to continue the killing rampage. Some people allege that this is not just horror fiction, but in real life body cells can transmit one's personality to another guy and so it may happen one day. This should be addressed in the article. 195.70.32.136

That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. (Or at least one of many.) Hosterweis [[User_talk:Hosterweis|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Hosterweis|(contribs)]] 13:53, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It happens to be part of the plot of a major video game. See: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PirateMonkey 09:16, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Long Term Functionality[edit]

My initial reason accessing the hand transplantation page was to gain some sort of insight into the long term functionality that transplant recipients may be able to achieve. Such a person would obviously never be able to attain the level of functionality necessary to become a concert pianist, they probably would not even be able to play the piano at a high level.

However, I would be very interested to know if such a recipient would be able to, for example, use their new hand, or hands, to lift a kettle, fill it with water, boil it, put a tea bag into a mug, add milk, pour in the boiled water, stir, and then remove the used tea bag. I feel that this article could be improved by addressing the practical ways in which such a transplant would be used. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alanleonard (talk • contribs) 21:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Wait a minute...[edit]

A face is not an organ. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.239.181.106 (talk) 05:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Why is there not information about the first successful bilateral hand transplant?[edit]

For some reason there is information about the first successful bilateral hand transplant in the U.S. but there is no mention of when it was first done successfully in the world. That was in Lyon, France on January 12, 2000. Patient name was Denis Chatelier and head surgeon was Jean-Michel Dubernard. http://www.handtransplant.com/TheProcedure/HandTransplantHistory/tabid/96/Default.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.228.156 (talk) 04:45, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If it is not there you can add it. If you do this, you would need a reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners --Mark v1.0 (talk) 17:57, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]