Researchers find a link between post-transplant distal limb syndrome and rise in alkaline phosphatase. Post-transplant distal limb syndrome (PTDLS), an uncommon complication in renal transplant ...

MUNICH, Germany — A German farmer who received the world’s first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again.

A former Boston University professor who lost all of his limbs after getting a life-threatening infection from group A streptococcus, has been approved for a bilateral arm transplant, NECN reported.

Limb transplants require extensive commitment on the part of the patient — and not just with rehabilitation. They must stick to a tight regimen of antirejection drugs, known as immunosuppressives, to ...

BOSTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A Texas woman who lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in what will be the ...

NEW DELHI, India (CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A man in India now has a new set of arms after he underwent a rare double limb procedure. The recipient, Raj Kumar, was a painter who had lost both of his arms ...

On Facebook, he describes himself as a "wounded warrior ... very wounded." Brendan Marrocco was the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq War, and doctors revealed Monday that ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A 40-year-old quadruple amputee on Tuesday thanked the Boston surgeons who performed a rare dual arm transplant on him last month and described the experience of getting the new ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish hospital says world’s first quadruple limb transplant has failed. Hacettepe University says doctors had to remove two arms and two legs that were transplanted on ...

Mike felt "utterly helpless" after his winter cold turned out to be meningitis, which 'poisoned' his body - but he tells Sun Health he's now living in a "permanent eureka moment" following the surgery ...