CC BY 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2024; 51(03): 342-345
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1776435
Communication

Towards Starting a Hand Transplant Unit and Achieving Success in a Hand Transplant: The Standard Operating Procedure

1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Raghav Shrotriya
1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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1   Department of Plastic Surgery, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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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.

Authors' 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.


Supplementary Material



Publication History

Received: 28 April 2023

Accepted: 03 September 2023

Article published online:
29 February 2024

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