Kleinert Kutz and University of Louisville hand surgeons are preparing to perform a double hand transplant at the Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center. The procedure will be chronicled live on the social networking site Twitter, providing real time updates of the innovative procedure.
It is the first time the team at Jewish Hospital, Kleinert Kutz and UofL have performed a double hand transplant and the first time the procedure has ever been tweeted live. We expect to begin tweeting the procedure at approximately 7 p.m. and it is expected to last 18 – 20 hours. Updates will be posted at www.twitter.com/jewishhospital. In addition, information can be found at www.handtransplant.com.
A partnership of physicians and researchers at Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center, Kleinert Kutz and the University of Louisville developed the pioneering procedure. Warren C. Breidenbach, III, M.D., with Kleinert Kutz and assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of Louisville will lead the team of hand surgeons, hand fellows and anesthesiology team.
Michael Marvin, M.D., director, Jewish Hospital Transplant Center and Rosemary Ouesph, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director of Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Disease Program at the University of Louisville manage the immunosuppressive therapy for all six hand transplant patients performed at Jewish Hospital to date.
Kentuckiana Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) is coordinating the hand donation with the family and hospital. Without the help of KODA and the family, this procedure could not have taken place.
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