Result of arm-level upper-limb transplantation in two recipients at 19- and 30-month follow-up

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Jablecki, Jerzy ^a   Kaczmarzyk, Leszek ^a   Domanasiewicz, Adam ^a   Chelmonski, Adam ^a   Paruzel, Maciej ^a   Elsaftawy, Ahmed ^a   Syrko, Marcin ^a   Kaczmarzyk, Janusz ^a  

^a St Hedwig Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hand transplantation; Immunosuppression; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GANCICLOVIR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; METFORMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARM; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; COLD ISCHEMIA; COMPREHENSIVE FUNCTIONAL SCORE SYSTEM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITIES OF THE HAND SHOULDER AND ARM QUESTIONNAIRE; DONOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELBOW FLEXION; ESTHETICS; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FINGER; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND FUNCTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS LOAD; X RAY;

EID: 84868679046     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/aot.883467     Document Type: Article

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