Peck received a double arm transplant in August after being on the wait list for two years. Almost two years since he got on the waiting list for a double arm transplant. He is thought to be the second quadruple amputee from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to get a double arm transplant. [Former Army sergeant, a quadruple amputee, gets double arm transplant ]The 13-hour surgery was performed in August by a team headed by Simon G. Talbot, the hospital’s director of upper extremity transplantation. Brendan Marrocco, who is thought to be the only other military quadruple amputee to get a double arm transplant.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2016 12:46 UTC