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A new arm transplant
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Redacción on 01 April, 2008 08:45:00
 
The doctor Pedro Cavadas has made in Valencia a new auto-transplant of an arm to
a 62 year-old man from Murcia, who lost his right arm 40 years ago in an
accident and half a year ago, an ictus paralysed his left arm.
The operation took place last 10th of March at the “Vírgen del Consuelo”
Hospital to make the patient recover the mobility in at least one of his arms.
According to his family words, he is fine and he has begun to move the fingers
so far.
This is the second time Dr. Pedro Cavadas uses a new technique to make human
transplants which he already made use of last year with very positive results.