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    Turkey: doctors perform quadruple limb transplant

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The head physician at a Turkish hospital says his team has performed the world's first quadruple limb transplant, attaching two arms and two legs to a young man.

    Murat Tuncer on Saturday appealed for blood donations to overcome possible complications following the 20-hour operation, performed by more than 50 doctors at Hacettepe University Hospital in Ankara. He did not provide any details about the patient.

    The operation comes after a failed triple limb transplant two months ago at another hospital in the southern city of Antalya. The doctors there were forced to remove a leg from a patient due to tissue incompatibility. The same patient also received two arms.

    Tuncer says his team also performed a separate face transplant Friday, the second such operation in Turkey this year.

     

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    • jordan  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      just think, soldiers who have lost limbs, may see a brighter day,,,one day
    • Spot  •  3 mths ago
      So how did this dude lose his arms and legs to begin with?
    • Anne  •  3 mths ago
      not sure why you all find this story so laughable.
      • Melissa Mason 3 mths ago
        i guess cuz it's just so freakin' bizzare. limb transplants, face transplants...just a visceral reaction, kinda creepy
    • jordan  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      i hope this works.....many people will be given a chance to live a better life,,,at least they are trying..
    • Chanukya  •  Nashville, Tennessee  •  3 mths ago
      Joking aside, there's no way they were able to repair the complex nerves; that's why this surgery is never performed in the US. You hear of hand transplants, but never full limb transplants for that reason
    • Papa  •  3 mths ago
      maybe it was 2 guys on a wall, and their names were Curt n' Rod.
    • BJM  •  2 mths ago
      If the put 4 legs on a turkey everyone would be satisfied on Thanksgiving.
    • KNW  •  Edmonton, Canada  •  2 mths ago
      What if I just wanted to have 4 more arms and legs? Can they do that, too?
    • Jacob Rodgers  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  2 mths ago
      he is going to have a great time "discovering" all the uses of his left hand
    • LORENZ  •  3 mths ago
      It was part of an enhanced interrogation technique. They have a water shortage there.
    • JerryM  •  3 mths ago
      The guy couldn't file a lawsuit before the operation because 'he didn't have a leg to stand on!'
    • Oglethorpe  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Man, those Turks are just comin' apart at the seams, good thing they have all those spare parts laying around.
    • Chuck  •  3 mths ago
      what do you call a patient with no arms and no legs? Matt
      • Black Jack 3 mths ago
        What do you call a patient with no arms and no legs in the water? Bob
      • J. V. DZUGASHVILI 3 mths ago
        What do you call a patient with no arms and no legs, hanging on the wall ? Art.
      • Benny The Bouncer 3 mths ago
        What do you call a couple with no arms and legs roasting in a fire? Frank and Patty.
    • Shaman  •  3 mths ago
      Now he's a pretty handy guy to have around
    • Steve  •  3 mths ago
      The Guy's name is matt , I found him on my doorstep
    • Steve  •  3 mths ago
      Actually it was Phil, and he was found in a hole
    • expletive_xom  •  3 mths ago
      what do you call a patient with no arms and no legs? Art
    • Steve  •  3 mths ago
      Or maybe it was Ruslle, And I found him in a pile of leaves
    • patrick  •  Erskine, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      its! alive! its! alive ! IGOR! it lives! it LIVES!
    • JU5T5AYING  •  Miami, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      ouch!!!!! very well played my friend
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