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Finland's first hand transplant performed at HUS

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Finland 's first hand transplant was performed at Helsinki 's Meilahti Bridge Hospital in November .

The operation went according to plan and lasted about 17 hours with two surgical teams of surgeons working the entire time.

The patient is now being discharged and faces more than a year of rehabilitation and follow-up visits to the hospital.

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