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09-18-2008, 01:55 PM
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Hand of Hope: Samuel Armas Fetal Surgery Photo, August 19, 1999
Michael Clancy took the photograph known as "Hand of Hope" during open fetal surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 19, 1999. Surgeons Joseph Bruner and Noel Tulipan were repairing a spina bifida lesion on Samuel Armas, who was at 21 weeks' gestation. The best-known frame shows a tiny hand and forearm emerging through an incision in the uterus and curling around a surgeon's gloved finger. A second photograph shows the hand gripping the finger from a closer angle. Clancy said he saw the uterus move and the hand emerge on its own before the doctor lifted it, after which the hand squeezed the doctor's finger. Bruner disputed that account, saying the mother and fetus were anesthetized and could not move and that the hand did not reach out. Samuel Alexander Armas was born healthy on December 2, 1999. As an adult, he became a professional wheelchair basketball player and was selected for the United States wheelchair handball squad for the 2024 world championship in Cairo.  ·  ·
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03-23-2009, 01:03 PM
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Re: Hand of Hope: Samuel Armas Fetal Surgery Photo, August 19, 1999
I believe it was a life saving surgery, that's a very risky thing though because you're introducing atmosphere into what was once a sealed environment. All sorts of bad stuff can happen as a side effect from that which is why lots of people and doctors are hesitant or refuse amniocentesis tests.
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03-26-2009, 07:33 PM
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Re: Hand of Hope: Samuel Armas Fetal Surgery Photo, August 19, 1999
truly amazing isnt it....life
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