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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1776435
Towards Starting a Hand Transplant Unit and Achieving Success in a Hand Transplant: The Standard Operating Procedure
Abstract
Vascularized Composite Tissue Allotransplantation (VCA) allows replacement of lost body parts from brain-dead donors. These surgeries are laborious, time-intensive, and require vast planning. With the advent of better immunosuppressants, VCA will increasingly play an important role in the reconstructive field. In this paper, the authors share their standard operating protocol created after much deliberation.
Keywords
forearm - hand - hand transplant - vascularized composite allotransplantation - microsurgery - amputation - surgical - standard operating protocolAuthors' Contributions
V.P.: conception and design, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the article.
V.N.: conception and design, acquisition of data, drafting the article and revising it.
R.S.: acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data; drafting and revising the manuscript.
C.C.: acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data.
Ethical Approval
Ethical approval is not required since this is a protocol article not containing information of any particular patient.
Publication History
Received: 28 April 2023
Accepted: 03 September 2023
Article published online:
29 February 2024
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