منابع مشابه
Facial and hand allotransplantation.
Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a novel therapeutic option for treatment of patients suffering from limb loss or severe facial disfigurement. To date, 72 hand and 19 facial transplantations have been performed worldwide. VCA in hand and facial transplantation is a complex procedure requiring a multidisciplinary team approach and extensive surgical planning. Despite good func...
متن کاملLessons learned from simultaneous face and bilateral hand allotransplantation.
UNLABELLED The performance of simultaneous vascularized composite allotransplantation procedures on patients requiring both the face and bilateral hands remains controversial. The authors present their separate institutional experiences with this challenging procedure in the interests of dispelling misconceptions regarding this intervention and forwarding their understanding of the issues relat...
متن کاملAbstract: Analysis of Acute Skin Rejection in Non-Human Primate Models of Face and Hand Allotransplantation
INTRODUCTION: A large animal model for composite face transplantation is necessary to better understand the immunologic processes and nerve regeneration. Current porcine models of facial transplantation fail to include all major branches of the facial nerve, and have not demonstrated long-term survival.1,2 A better understanding and detailed evaluation of vascular anatomy and microvascular terr...
متن کاملComposite tissue allotransplantation of the hand and face: a new frontier in transplant and reconstructive surgery.
Each year an estimated 7-million people in the USA need composite tissue reconstruction because of surgical excision of tumors, accidents and congenital malformations. Limb amputees alone comprise over 1.2 million of these. This figure is more than double the number of solid organs needed for transplantation. Composite tissue allotransplantation in the form of hand and facial tissue transplanta...
متن کاملAbstract: First Report of Bilateral Hand Allotransplantation in a Pediatric Patient
Suday, Sptem er 5, 2016 to Nepali patients who underwent burn scar contracture release of the palmar hand and would not be able to return to the hospital for long-term physical therapy after their surgery. Patients were instructed to wear the splint at night for six months and to progressively extend the splint’s ratchet mechanism as tolerated. Patients were assessed for range of motion and han...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Seminars in Plastic Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1535-2188,1536-0067
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253243