Requirements for the development of a hand transplantation program

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-273

  Gordon, Chad R ^a   Siemionow, Maria ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allograft; Composite tissue transplantation; Donor selection; Hand transplant; Hand transplantation program; Immunosuppression; Recipient selection; Recovery process; Transplant rejection

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; EVEROLIMUS; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NARCOTIC AGENT; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRONCHOSPASM; CATARACT; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETOGENESIS; DONOR; DYSTROPHY; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYCOSIS; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; SERUM SICKNESS; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER RETENTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549116659     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818d45e9     Document Type: Article

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