PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center says it has performed the nation's second double hand transplant and first forearm replacement and that the 41-year-old Harrisburg man is recovering.

UPMC says a team performed the 12-hour surgery on Chris Pollock on Friday. Pollock lost his hands and right forearm in a farming accident about 18 months ago.

Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee says Pollock is recovering well.

The hospital performed a single hand transplant in March and the double-hand transplant in May. Lee says those recipients have regained significant function and feeling.