Here are four things to know:
1. Lisa Lattanza, MD, chief of elbow and upper extremity surgery at UCSF Medical Center led the team that performed the ground-breaking procedure.
2. The procedure took 11 hours to complete.
3. The surgery was performed on Reggie Cook, a man from Texas who was injured in a car accident and has suffered from limited movement in his arms for years.
4. The initial post-surgery results have been encouraging.
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