Technical aspects of the recipient operation in hand transplantation

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Azari, Kodi K ^a   Imbriglia, Joseph E ^b   Goitz, Robert J ^b   Shores, Jaimie T ^b   Balk, Marshall L ^b   Brandacher, Gerald ^c   Schneeberger, Stephan ^c   Gorantla, Vijay ^b   Lee, W P Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hand transplantation; recipient operation; surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLOOD STAIN; DISSECTION; DONOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LIMB REPLANTATION; MYOFIBROSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN FLAP; SKIN INCISION; TEAMWORK; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TOURNIQUET; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 82955231985     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1285820     Document Type: Article

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