Open AccessComposite Tissue Allotransplantation and Reconstructive Surgery
Author(s) -
François Petit,
Alicia B. Minns,
Jean Michel Dubernard,
Shehan Hettiaratchy,
W. P.Andrew Lee
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200301000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , surgery , larynx , context (archaeology) , reconstructive surgery , allotransplantation , reconstructive surgeon , transplantation , paleontology , biology
To review the first clinical cases of composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) for reconstructive surgery and to discuss the outcome of and indications for these procedures in the context of chronic immunosuppression.