Skin area quantification in preparation for concomitant upper extremity and face transplantation: A cadaver study and literature review

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1050-1056

  Gordon, Chad R ^a,b   Zor, Fatih ^b   Siemionow, Maria ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic skin quantity; Concomitant composite tissue allotransplant; Face transplant; Hand allograft; Langerhans cell; Upper extremity transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPOSITE TISSUE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN AREA QUANTIFICATION; SKIN GRAFT; TOTAL BODY SURFACE AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BODY SURFACE AREA; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79955531895     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318212c815     Document Type: Article

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