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![Denis Chatelier,33, who underwent what is claimed to be the World's first double hand and forearm transplant, leaves the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, February 7. French surgeon Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard, who Denis Chatelier,33, who underwent what is claimed to be the World's first double hand and forearm transplant, leaves the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, February 7. French surgeon Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard, who](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d56xnb/denis-chatelier-33-who-underwent-what-is-claimed-to-be-the-worlds-first-double-hand-and-forearm-transplant-leaves-the-edouard-herriot-hospital-in-lyon-february-7-french-surgeon-professor-jean-michel-dubernard-who-led-an-international-team-of-surgeons-during-the-january-13-2000-operation-stands-behind-him-both-of-chateliers-hands-and-forearms-were-replaced-following-a-1996-accident-in-which-an-amateur-rocket-he-was-preparing-to-launch-exploded-professor-marco-lanzetta-from-monza-italy-is-at-right-woman-at-left-unidentified-2d56xnb.jpg)
Denis Chatelier,33, who underwent what is claimed to be the World's first double hand and forearm transplant, leaves the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, February 7. French surgeon Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard, who
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