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Hand transplantation: Comparisons and observations of the first four clinical cases
Author(s) -
Francois Cedric G.,
Breidenbach Warren C.,
Maldonado Claudio,
Kakoulidis Thanos P.,
Hodges Anne,
Dubernard JeanMichel,
Owen Earl,
Pei Guoxain,
Ren Xiaoping,
Barker John H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2752(2000)20:8<360::aid-micr4>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , warrant , allotransplantation , surgery , general surgery , financial economics , economics
Twenty, 15, and 8 months after the first four successful human hand transplant procedures were performed in Lyon (France), Louisville (U.S.), and Guangzhou (China), the transplant teams convened in Louisville, Kentucky, to share their experiences at the Second International Symposium on Composite Tissue Allotransplantation. This article presents reconstructive and immunological data from these landmark procedures in tabular format, in an attempt to answer some key questions about early outcomes of clinical hand transplantation. On the basis of these data, the initial outcomes of the first four hand transplants are encouraging and warrant proceeding with additional hand transplantations. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery 20:360–371 2000