Extremity transplantation: a review of its current state of development.
review · Level V
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Abstract
The discovery of a powerful immunosuppressive, cyclosporin A, together with the development of a microsurgical free tissue transfer technique, has brought extremity transplantation closer to being a realistic possibility. In this review the authors describe the history of laboratory research into extremity transplantation before immunosuppression, with early immunosuppressive agents, with cyclosporin A, and with FK-506, one of a new generation of immunosuppressives.
Medical subject headings
- Extremities
- Transplantation