A woman in need of two hands received a double hand transplant at the University of Pennsylvania in September. The bilateral surgery has happened only five times in the U.S.
Doctors at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania completed the double hand transplant on the quadruple amputee last month, and so far her body is reacting well.
The more than 11-hour surgery was performed and it was the first such procedure performed in Philadelphia. Only five bilateral hand transplants have been done since the first single hand transplant was performed in France in 1998.
The surgery required more than two dozen doctors and nurses, including 12 surgeons.
Hospital officials planned to discuss the surgery at a news conference Tuesday.
