Hand transplantation in the United States: Experience with 3 patients

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 638-644

  Ravindra, Kadiyala V ^a   Buell, Joseph F ^a   Kaufman, Christina L ^b   Blair, Brenda ^b   Marvin, Michael ^a   Nagubandi, Ravi ^a   Breidenbach, Warren C ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BASILIXIMAB; CLOBETASOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NYSTATIN; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449083858     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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