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This handout picture released by Wroclaw Medical University Hospital on December 22, 2016 shows surgeons attaching a hand from a deceased donor to a man born without one at at Wroclaw Medical University Hospital. Surgeons in Poland said Thursday they had successfully attached a hand from a deceased donor to a man born without one, in what they claimed was a world first. Up to now, a similar procedure had been performed only on newborn conjoined twins in Indonesia and Canada. Hands have also been grafted onto patients whose own limbs were amputated. The transplant to the wrist was performed on Dec. 15 in an operation that lasted 13 hours. The patient, identified by his first name Piotr, was all smiles after the procedure and spoke of his dream for the future. As of today, he can only move his fingers and not the hand itself, but doctors are optimistic that he will gain more mobility over time. The operation could open up new possibilities to hundreds of thousands of people in the world born without members whose only option to date has been prostheses. (Photo by Wroclaw University/AFP Photo)
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