World's first double arm transplant

it is amazing when the doctor can do such a surgery. With the technology nonstop growing up, I believe that in near future, surgeries like this will be more popular to help those who are struggling with life because of losing their arms or legs.

Well, you know, as my view, the surgery like this is less popular because there are limited number of people who want to give their parts of body for the this work. However, with the high speed development of science nowadays, we will be able to make the parts of body artificially (How can I call this process in scientific words? I just forgot!). So the number of supply will not be a problem in the future! And the surgery can be more popular.

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I really don't know how I feel about this "ground-breaking" surgery!!! I love sciences, I actually started studying medecine before I changed to pharmacy after two semesters because my desire for a family was much, much stronger then my commitment to medicine. Anyway, I don't believe that just because science can accomplish marvels, such as this surgery, they should not always be performed in real life, and certainly not growing arms through cloning. Where is this going to take us? I am for progression, but the ethic is also very important to me.

Not long ago, the story of "Dr. Frankenstein" seemed to be a horror trip, but today, it seems to be reality. I feel for the man, but with all respects, hundreds of people before him have had these type of handicaps, sometimes losing all four limbs and they managed to live a descent life. In the sixties, lots of babies were born missing their arms, their finger were directly attached to their shoulder. This condition was caused by a birth control tablet called " contergan" if I am correct. My point is, that these babies, now in their fourties, managed to live a very good life. I went to college with one young lady having this handicap, other than that, she was just fine.
I believe the society is to blame, because we live in a perfect world or pretend to live in a perfect one, and if someone does not fit in, people tend to look down on that person.

If for some reasons, something like this happens to me I will try the old fashioned artificial lamb, and if they don't help, well I guess I have to learn to use my feet and mouth like millions of people in this situation. It is possible, I know it for fact because I have seen a little girl from Ethiopia swimming in a competition and playing basketball and she had only her left arm and left leg, she is only 9 years old. She lost her right limbs because she got stuck on the railroad tracks after her grandmother had sent her do some errands for her. They were living alongside the railroad tracks. She is now living in the USA with her adoptive and loving family.

Well every new breakthrough in the field of science is always amazing and startling most of the time. In my point of view after watching the video I felt both hopeful and stunned. Hopeful for those people who has been living with physical defects, and knowing that there is a solution now for their problems, since they can change their quality of life. Though on the second thought I am stunned about the idea that medicine has done a lot of progress. I don't know maybe there is just that eerie feeling that lingers along with the idea of being able to use almost every part of the human body. So, if people continue to advance in the field of transplant we might expect that later almost every bit of the cadaver can be utilized. If this happens there would be nothing left more to burry.

The report is about an successful advancement in medicine. Two arms are ransplanted to 54 year old man who lost his arms in an industrial accident and could not use artificial limbs. Docters think even if this operation is sucessful, arm transplataion would not be much beneficial due to limited number of donors.

It looks like some sort of sci-fi movie......Well it seems that medical technologies have no limitation!!!! It's really good to hear that the farmer's operation was successful. But I'm kind of worried about the side effects that this technology may bring. After the organ transplant technology was invented, crimes like stealing organs have occured. Just like stealing organs, who knows!!! crimes like stealing arms and legs are also can happen in near future!!!!

This movie was really interesting. Having in mind that this was first so complicated operation of that kind, now, we can only doubt about the further.
For sure, if we, or someone close for us, did not have hands of legs this operation is the breaking news. Determination of the injured farmer who approached and convinced the surgeon to do so innovative treatment shows how strong his desire to be normal was.
In my opinion even if from that kind of operation will benefit only limited number of people per year it is worth to do. Their healthy as well better daily functioning is important the same for them as for their families.
Whats worth the new technology if we can not use it to improve other lives?