台醫植雙手
手臂移植手術極為複雜，更何況一次要幫兩隻手臂動刀，出生自台灣的整型外科權威李為平，上個月在美國馬里蘭州的約翰霍普金斯醫院，替一名美國大兵成功完成雙臂移植手術，如今他的左手臂已經可以活動，這也是美國國內第七個雙手移植成功的案例。
在約翰霍普金斯醫院的記者會上，動完雙手移植手術的馬洛可推著輪子自行就定位，似乎刻意展現病人手術後的康復狀態。
[[移植雙手美國大兵 馬洛可]]
“這種感覺非常棒，我對此期盼已久，如今手術終於完成，我不知該說什麼，畢竟這是我人生中的大事，感覺太美妙了”
現年二十六歲的馬洛可，2009年在伊拉克戰場遭到路邊炸彈攻擊，雙手雙腳被炸斷卻幸運撿回一命，上個月接受手臂移植手術，十六名醫師總共花了十三個小時才大功告成，而台裔整型外科主任李為平，是這次手術成功的關鍵人物。
[[台裔整型外科醫師 李為平]]
“外科醫療團隊過去18個月來，在遺體手臂做了4次預習，實際移植手術時，都依照我們的計畫執行，雖然布蘭登(馬洛可)手術後，術後狀況良好，復原過程仍有風險，也會很辛苦”
李為平2009年完成美國第一宗雙手移植手術，這次他替美國大兵馬洛可主刀，是美國第七個、也堪稱是歷來最複雜雙手移植案例。
Taiwanese-American doctor leads successful double-arm transplant (2013/01/30)
A Taiwanese-American doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital has successfully led what is being called the most difficult double arm transplant in history. Andrew Lee led a team of 16 surgeons who carried out the rare procedure on a US soldier who lost all four of his limbs in Iraq.
For a news conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital, double arm transplant recipient Brendan Marrocco showed how he can control a wheelchair. He has begun the long path to recovery.
Brendan Marrocco
Double Arm Transplant Recipient
It feels amazing. It is something that I was waiting for for a long time, and now that it happened, I don't know what to say, because it is such a big thing for my life.
The 26-year-old infantryman lost all four limbs when he was struck by a roadside explosion in Iraq in 2009. Last month 16 doctors operated on Marrocco for 13 hours. They were led by W.P. Andrew Lee, a Taiwanese-born doctor who is director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins.
W.P. Andrew Lee
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The surgical team had rehearsed the procedure on cadaver arms four times in the last 18 months. The actual transplant was executed according to our design. Although Brandan has done well from the surgery, the recovery process is not without risks or hard work.
In 2009 Lee carried out America’s first double-arm transplantation. The procedure on Marrocco was the seventh in the US and perhaps the most complicated.
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