Successful first hand transplant experiment
Leeds: A man with deformed hands has been rehabilitated in the UK. The transplant is being touted as the world’s first double-hand transplant.
According to a foreign news agency, 48-year-old Steven Gallagher suffered from a skin disease called scleroderma, which caused his skin to stretch due to inflexibility and his fingers turned into a permanent fist. Was
Steven developed the disease 13 years ago after suffering from unusual scratches on his cheeks and nose and pain in his right arm.
The condition affected his nose, mouth and hands, and about seven years ago his fingers began to twist and twist until his hand became a fist. During this time he suffered terribly.
When experts told him about the transplantation of both hands, at first he laughed and rejected the idea but later decided to follow the idea despite the dangers.
He told the news agency that his hands were paralyzed and he could do nothing but pick up things. When a Glasgow professor told him about the transplantation of both hands, he did not listen to them at first but later agreed to the procedure after consulting his wife.
More than five months after the operation in December last year, his condition is improving, although he is still unable to perform complex tasks such as buttoning a shirt, but can perform tasks such as opening a faucet and filling a glass.
A team of 30 great specialists from different fields participated in this transplant surgery.
Professor Simon Kay of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said the operation was a concerted effort.
“Hand transplantation is very different from transplanting a kidney or other organ because we see hands daily and use them in many ways,” he said.
