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A popular type of off-road vehicle known as a "side-by-side" has been linked to high rates of severe hand injuries, according to a new study.

Dr. Alex Doermann Dr. Alex Doermann is now on staff at the Associated Hand Surgeons practice, serving Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez and Oxnard. His

There’d never before been a woman president of the American Society of Hand Surgeons, and Martha was to be the first. She had not been elected: an aneurysm had ruptured in the president’s brain, and neither the vice president nor the chair wanted the job. As treasurer, Martha was third in line. She would be inducted in Omaha, at the annual meeting, where she’d give a little speech. She paid for her daughter Jules to fly from New England to Nebraska to join her. The last time Martha traveled with her daughter was when she’d dropped her off at college. That was four years ago, when Jule...

Life-threatening infection. both his hands and feet were amputated. then he got a kidney transplant from his mom. for the ground-breaking procedure, a team of 40 including ten hand surgeons operated on zion for nearly 11 hours at children's hospital of philadelphia. >> you can see the hand right here is starting to pink up. >> reporter: new hands that will grow with zion. >> we're just getting started and realizing medicine's potential to treat patients like zion. we've made a big step forward with this operation. >> when i saw zion's hands for the first time after the operation, i just felt l...

Life-threatening infection. both his hands and feet were amputated. then he got a kidney transplant from his mom. >> nice deep breaths. >> reporter: for the ground-breaking procedure, a team of 40, including ten hand surgeons, operated on zion, for nearly 11 hours at children's hospital of philadelphia. >> you can see the hand right here, starting to pink up. >> new hands that will grow with zion. >> we're just getting started and realizing medicine's potential to treat patients like zion. we've made a big step forward with this operation. >> when i saw zion's hands for the first time after th...