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Britain's first hand transplant

A 51-year-old man from West Yorkshire has become the first person in Britain to have a hand transplant.

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Surgeon: UK's first hand transplant: 'looking very good'

Professor Simon Kay, a consultant plastic surgeon at the Leeds hospital, led the operation to carry out the UK's first hand transplant.

He has spoken about the procedure and said a week after the transplant "it's looking very good".

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