Talk:Hand transplantation
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Could someone pls add infomration about how the nerves are joined up? Maybe start the page on "nerve repair" or "nerve reconenction" -- thanks.
Hand transplant is highly controversial in the media, especially fiction. You know the nice guy loses arm in an accident and gets the replacement arm of an executed serial murderer. Then the "killer arm" will overtake his personality and he will go on wielding an axe to continue the killing rampage. Some people allege that this is not just horror fiction, but in real life body cells can transmit one's personality to another guy and so it may happen one day. This should be addressed in the article. 195.70.32.136
- That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. (Or at least one of many.) Hosterweis [[User_talk:Hosterweis|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Hosterweis|(contribs)]] 13:53, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
- It happens to be part of the plot of a major video game. See: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PirateMonkey 09:16, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Long Term Functionality
My initial reason accessing the hand transplantation page was to gain some sort of insight into the long term functionality that transplant recipients may be able to achieve. Such a person would obviously never be able to attain the level of functionality necessary to become a concert pianist, they probably would not even be able to play the piano at a high level.
However, I would be very interested to know if such a recipient would be able to, for example, use their new hand, or hands, to lift a kettle, fill it with water, boil it, put a tea bag into a mug, add milk, pour in the boiled water, stir, and then remove the used tea bag. I feel that this article could be improved by addressing the practical ways in which such a transplant would be used. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alanleonard (talk • contribs) 21:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Wait a minute...
A face is not an organ. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.239.181.106 (talk) 05:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
