title: San Antonio military and civilian hand transplantation program: a case report.
abstract: Presented is a report on the first female hand allotransplantation performed in the USA. The patient sustained a dominant hand amputation at the level of the wrist as a result of a bomb explosion while on active duty in the United States Air Force. A hand allotransplantation was performed at a military treatment facility by a team of physicians composed of representatives from private practice, academia, and military medical institutions.
authors.affiliation: San Antonio Military Medical Center and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA. digitdoc@gmail.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tuder
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Pederson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Abrahamian
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Ingari
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bagg
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Person
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Martyak
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D063987:Hand Transplantation; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D013781:Texas; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare