Hand transplantation
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منابع مشابه
Hand Transplantation.
U pper extremity loss represents a life-changing, often devastating event, affecting nearly every activity of daily living and subsequently leaving a patient with substantial disability. The potential immediate dependency and despair resulting from the loss of one or both hands cannot be overstated. Promising technological advances in upper extremity prostheses include improved neural-control i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Orthopaedica
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1745-3674,1745-3682
DOI: 10.1080/00016470510030283