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Feb 15, 2017
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Historic Double Hand Transplant
Jan 5, 2016
Zion Harvey received a double hand transplant at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — first child to undergo this procedure. Zion received OT and PT several times a day during his recovery.
Zion’s Story - Double Hand Transplant
Nov 30, 2015
By any measure, 8-year-old Zion Harvey has led an extraordinary life. At the age of 2, he developed sepsis, a life-threatening infection that led to the amputation of his feet and hands. The illness also damaged his kidneys and, two years later, Zion underwent a kidney transplant — receiving an organ donated by his mother, Pattie Ray.
World’s first child to receive a bilateral hand transplant returns home from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Aug 26, 2015
Zion Harvey, the world’s first child to receive a bilateral hand transplant earlier this summer, was discharged from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) earlier today.
World’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child performed at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jul 28, 2015
Surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child.