PHOTOS: Duke performs state's first hand transplant

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Duke's first hand transplant is performed May 27, 2016. Led by surgeon Dr. Linda Cendales, two teams worked to attach a donor hand and forearm onto the left arm of Rene Chavez, 54.

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