Bilateral hand transplantation: Result at 20 months

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-443

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a   Landin, L ^a   Ibanez J ^a  

^a Clinica Cavadas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Alemtuzumab; C4d; Composite tissue allotransplantation; Hand transplantation; Immunosuppression therapy

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BILATERAL HAND ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXOCYTOSIS; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND FUNCTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REPERFUSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; VENOUS CONGESTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARTHRODESIS; BLAST INJURIES; CICATRIX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; SKIN; TENDON TRANSFER; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 69049083626     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193409102898     Document Type: Article

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