Johns Hopkins Hospital performs double arm transplant on Army soldier
From: Washington Post - 01/28/2013
By: Michael E. Ruane

A former US Army soldier who became a quadruple amputee after surviving an
explosion in Iraq three years ago has undergone a rare double arm transplant
at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the hospital is expected to announce
Tuesday. 

Brendan Marrocco, 26, of Staten Island, NY, who underwent the marathon
surgery last month, was the first service member from the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan to survive the loss of four limbs, officials have said. 

He lost both legs above the knee, his left arm below the elbow, and his right
arm above the elbow when the military vehicle he was driving was struck by a
bomb on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009.  

He is the first such service member to receive a double arm transplant, and
the hospital says he is one of only seven people in the United States who
have undergone successful double arm transplants. 

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