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PrintE-mailOklahoma chiropractor received double hand transplant

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Published: 08/27/10 - 2:11pm Written by Dick Pryor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - An Oklahoma chiropractor who received a rare double hand transplant is recovering at a Kentucky hospital a day after the surgery.
Dr. Warren Breidenbach, who led the surgical team during the 17-hour operation, said in a statement that 55-year-old Richard Edwards of Edmond, Okla., was recovering Thursday at Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center in Louisville.

Doctors started the operation at 7 p.m. Tuesday and finished Wednesday afternoon. The transplant was only the third in the nation. Jewish Hospital also performed the world's first successful single hand transplant in 1999. Edwards' truck caught fire Feb. 11, 2006, burning his face, arms, back and hands and leaving very little tissue on either hand. Doctors said he is expected to spend about three months in Louisville recovering and undergoing extensive rehabilitation.