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Transplant Evaluation Process

The transplant evaluation process can take about 6 months to a year.
The amount of time depends on factors such as how quickly you complete your appointments with your health care providers.
The evaluation process varies by transplant center.

Key steps that are typically part of the evaluation process, transplantation, and recovery period include:

Transplant evaluation process graph, initial steps, transplantation, recovery

Mr. White, with unilateral, below-elbow limb loss (6 years after amputation), describes learning about hand/arm transplants and beginning his transplant evaluation process.

Mr. Pollock, a bilateral, upper limb transplant recipient (11 ½ years after transplantation), explains his experience with the hand/arm transplant evaluation process.