Double hand transplantation: functional outcome after 18 months.
In March 2000, we performed a double hand transplantation on a patient who had suffered traumatic hand amputations 6 years previously. The transplantations were both successful and, 18 months later, the patient has regained some complex hand functions and remarkably good tactile gnosis.
Piza-Katzer
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H
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute of Quality Control in Plastic Surgery, Innsbruck University Hospital, Austria. hildegunde.piza@uibk.ac.at
Ninkovic
M
M
Pechlaner
S
S
Gabl
M
M
Ninkovic
M
M
Hussl
H
H
D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology*; D063987:Hand Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors