Format:
Online-Ressource (XXI, 493p. 150 illus., 50 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9788847003743
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
Transplanting a limb has been a dream of humanity - until 1998 when an international team of surgeons gathered in Lyon, France, and performed the first hand transplantation in history. This book presents the global experimental and clinical experience on hand transplantation and all types of other composite tissue allografts
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preliminary; 1. / Historical Remarks; Cosmas and Damian Revisited; Hand Transplantation as an Evolution of Microsurgery: A Logical Step Towards Better Reconstructive Options; 2. / Experimental Limb Transplantation; Hind-Limb Transplantation in the Rat: Surgical Technique, Anaesthesia and Early Postoperative Management; Indefinite Survival and Functional Recovery of Limb Allografts in Rodents; Induction of High-Level Chimerism in Composite Tissue Transplants; Simultaneous Vascularised Bone Marrow Transplantation to Promote Acceptance of Limb Allografts
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Experimental Approaches to Composite Tissue Allograft TransplantsA Review of Current Strategies to Achieve Tolerance in Animal Models; The History of Experimental Hand Transplantation in Primates; Hand Transplantation in Monkeys: Technical Details and Immunological Aspects; 3. / Ethics and Medico-Legal Implications; Ethical Aspects of Non-Life-Saving Allografts with Special Regard to the Hand; Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation in Non-Life-Saving Situations
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Informed Consent, Medico-Legal Implications, Public and Private Insurance Issues and Quantification of Disability in Hand TransplantationSelection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation:The Milan Experience; Living with Two Different Fingerprints: Legal Implications and Identification Issues; 4. / Organization of Hand Transplantation
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Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Lyon ExperienceSelection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organisation, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Innsbruck Experience
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Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Brussels ExperiencePatient Management and Follow-up; 5. / Surgical Technique of Hand Transplantation; Instruments, Sutures and Needles for Hand Transplantation; Anaesthetic Management; Harvesting the Hand; Preparing the Recipient; Technical and Surgical Details of Hand Transplantation; Hand Replantation and Transplantation: More Differences than Similarities; 6. / Immunology of Hand Transplantation
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Current Concepts
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9788847003736
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. ISBN 978-88-470-0373-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
Hand
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Transplantation
DOI:
10.1007/978-88-470-0374-3
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