CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A private hospital in Kerala has achieved a rare feat by conducting India’s first shoulder-level full-arm transplant this week. Two patients, one from Karnataka and another from Iraq, who lost both their hands due to electric shock, have successfully undergone bilateral hand transplants at Amrita Hospital, Kochi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reconstructive hand and arm transplants are for adults who have suffered an amputation or extreme loss of function of their hand and arm due to injury or illness. You may require a transplant if you have almost no function of your hands and are not a candidate for alternative or conventional reconstructive surgery.

Detailed explanation-3: -In September 1998, the first human hand transplant was performed by a team of surgeons in Lyons, France. The team, led by Jean-Michel Dubernard (1941–present), transplanted the right forearm of a brain-dead donor to a male recipient (Clint Hallam, 48) with a traumatic mid-forearm amputation.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first full arm transplant was performed at the Kerala-based Amrita Hospital. 20 surgeons, 10 anesthetists, and 5 practice sessions were performed which took 18 hours of surgery. It is the third of its type in the world, such a transplant was only performed previously in Mexico and France.

Detailed explanation-5: -In September 1998 the world’s first hand transplant was performed in Lyon, France. A new era in reconstructive surgery had begun.