Hand and upper extremity transplantation: An update of outcomes in the worldwide experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 351e-360e

  Shores, Jaimie T ^a   Brandacher, Gerald ^a   Lee, W P Andrew ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONVALESCENCE; EUROPE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MEXICO; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION;

ARM; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMPOSITE TISSUE ALLOGRAFTS; EUROPE; GRAFT ENHANCEMENT, IMMUNOLOGIC; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MEXICO; PATIENT SELECTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84926219325     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000892     Document Type: Article

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