title: World experience after more than a decade of clinical hand transplantation: update on the Innsbruck program.
abstract: Patients who have lost a hand or upper extremity face many challenges in everyday life. For some patients, reconstructive hand transplantation represents a reasonable option for anatomic reconstruction, restoring prehensile function with sensation and allowing them to regain daily living independence. The first clinical case of bilateral hand transplantation at University Hospital Innsbruck was realized on March 17th, 2000. A decade later, a total of 7 hands and forearms were transplanted in 4 patients. This article review the clinical courses of 3 bilateral hand transplant recipients and highlights psychological aspects on reconstructive hand transplantation with special regard to unilateral/bilateral transplantation.
authors: Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors: Theresa
authors: T
authors: Hautz
authors: Timm O
authors: TO
authors: Engelhardt
authors: Annemarie
authors: A
authors: Weissenbacher
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Kumnig
authors: Bettina
authors: B
authors: Zelger
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Rieger
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Rumpold
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Pierer
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Ninkovic
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Gabl
authors: Hildegunde
authors: H
authors: Piza-Katzer
authors: Johann
authors: J
authors: Pratschke
authors: Raimund
authors: R
authors: Margreiter
authors: Gerald
authors: G
authors: Brandacher
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Schneeberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D063987:Hand Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D018579:Patient Selection; D016730:Program Development; D011594:Psychometrics; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D055815:Young Adult