Hand Transplantation: Evolution of a Personal Outlook.
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Abstract
The field of vascularized composite allotransplantation-combining advances in reconstructive surgery, transplantation, and immunology-offers great promise for patients with heretofore unsolvable problems. In the last 30 years, hand transplantation has progressed through the phases of being a research subject, a controversial clinical procedure, a more widely accepted and expanding field, and now a promising endeavor undergoing refined indications. Although many lessons have been learned, few procedures in the author's experience have been as life-transformative in restoring the body image, motor and sensory functions, activities of daily living, and personal autonomy as successful hand transplantation.
Medical subject headings
- Hand Transplantation
- Organ Transplantation
- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
Anatomy
- hand