Former U.S. Soldier Undergoes Successful Double-Arm Transplant

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Former U.S. Soldier Undergoes Successful Double-Arm Transplant

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Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco of Staten Island, N.Y., wears a prosthetic arm while posing for a picture at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on July 4, 2012. Marrocco, 26, the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq war, received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore.

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Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, lead transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital near Baltimore, talks about the bilateral arm transplant on Sgt. Marocco during a news conference in Baltimore.

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A team of surgeons at Johns Hopkins takes arms from a cadaver to transplant onto former soldier Brendan Marrocco who lost his arms and legs in a 2009 roadside bombing in Iraq.

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A team of surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore works to transplant arms from a cadaver onto former soldier Brendan Marrocco. The surgery took 13 hours to complete.

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The bilateral arm transplant took a team of 15 surgeons more than 13 hours to complete.

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Sgt. Brendan Marrocco listens during a news conference at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

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Sgt. Brendan M. Marrocco sits with his two transplanted arms resting in his lap during a news conference at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

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Marrocco wheels himself into a news conference followed by lead surgeon Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

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Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee talks about the bilateral arm transplant on Brendan M. Marocco during a news conference at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

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Marrocco uses his transplanted arm to brush his hair back during a news conference at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

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