A 51-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to have a hand transplant.
Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary said the patient underwent the complex eight-hour procedure on December 27 when a donor hand became available.
They said a new technique was used which involved the recipient having his non-functioning right hand removed in the same operation as the donor hand was transplanted.
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