Above-elbow (supracondylar) arm transplantation: Clinical considerations and surgical technique

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Shores, Jaimie T ^a   Higgins, James P ^b   Lee, W P Andrew ^a  

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

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm transplant; Composite tissue allotransplantation; CTA; Hand transplant; Humeral transplant; Reconstructive transplantation; Supracondylar; Transhumeral transplant; Transplant; Vascularized composite allotransplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION;

AMPUTATION; ARM; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84890786503     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000026     Document Type: Article

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