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Recipient of first hand transplant procedure in North Carolina recuperates after surgery
By Ailing Zhou | September 15, 2016The patient who received the first hand transplant in North Carolina history at Duke Hospital in May is recovering successful. A team led by Dr. Linda Cendales, associate professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and director of the hand transplant program, performed the surgery on May 27 on 54-year-old Rene Chavez, who lost his left hand in a childhood accident at the age of four.
