Open AccessFirst two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 4): Immediate post-operative care, immunosuppression protocol and monitoring
Author(s) -
Subramania Iyer,
Mohit Sharma,
P. R. S. Kishore,
Jimmy Mathew,
R. Janarthanan,
Raghuveer Reddy,
Abhijeet Wakure,
Sundeep Vijayaraghavan,
S M Chetan Mali,
Visakh Varma,
Ashish Chaudhari,
Swapnil Dhake,
Akshay Omkumar,
George Kurian,
RG Nair,
Anil Mathew,
Zachariah Paul,
Malini Eapen,
Lalitha Biswas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/ijps.ijps_96_17
Subject(s) - thymoglobulin , immunosuppression , medicine , immunology , immune system , transplantation , surgery , tacrolimus
Being able to counter immune-mediated rejection has for decades been the single largest obstacle for the progress of vascular composite allotransplantation (VCA). The human immune system performs the key role of differentiating the 'self ' from the 'non-self '. This, although is quintessential to eliminate or resist infections, also resists the acceptance of an allograft which it promptly recognises as 'non-self'.