Bone healing after secondary surgery on hand allografts under sirolimus-based maintenance immunosuppression

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 667-669

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a   Hernan, Izaro ^b   Landin, Luis ^a,c   Thione, Alessandro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Pedro Cavadas Foundation   (Spain)

^c Clinica Cavadas   (Spain)

Author keywords

bone healing; composite tissue allograft; hand allograft; joint arthrodesis; sirolimus; wound healing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM INJURIES; ARTHRODESIS; BONE AND BONES; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; SIROLIMUS; WOUND HEALING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79958036092     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318212686b     Document Type: Article

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