Hand transplantation

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Cosmas and Damian Revisited
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   Chapter 2 Hand Transplantation as an Evolution of Microsurgery: A Logical Step Towards Better Reconstructive Options
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   Chapter 3 Hind-Limb Transplantation in the Rat: Surgical Technique, Anaesthesia and Early Postoperative Management
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   Chapter 4 Indefinite Survival and Functional Recovery of Limb Allografts in Rodents
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   Chapter 5 Induction of High-Level Chimerism in Composite Tissue Transplants
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   Chapter 6 Simultaneous Vascularised Bone Marrow Transplantation to Promote Acceptance of Limb Allografts
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   Chapter 7 Experimental Approaches to Composite Tissue Allograft Transplants
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   Chapter 8 A Review of Current Strategies to Achieve Tolerance in Animal Models
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    Chapter 9 The History of Experimental Hand Transplantation in Primates
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    Chapter 10 Hand Transplantation in Monkeys: Technical Details and Immunological Aspects
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    Chapter 11 Ethical Aspects of Non-Life-Saving Allografts with Special Regard to the Hand
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    Chapter 12 Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation in Non-Life-Saving Situations
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    Chapter 13 Informed Consent, Medico-Legal Implications, Public and Private Insurance Issues and Quantification of Disability in Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 14 Living with Two Different Fingerprints: Legal Implications and Identification Issues
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    Chapter 15 Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Lyon Experience
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    Chapter 16 Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation:The Milan Experience
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    Chapter 17 Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organisation, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Innsbruck Experience
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    Chapter 18 Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Brussels Experience
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    Chapter 19 Patient Management and Follow-up
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    Chapter 20 Instruments, Sutures and Needles for Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 21 Anaesthetic Management
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    Chapter 22 Harvesting the Hand
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    Chapter 23 Preparing the Recipient
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    Chapter 24 Technical and Surgical Details of Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 25 Hand Replantation and Transplantation: More Differences than Similarities
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    Chapter 26 Current Concepts
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    Chapter 27 Induction and Maintenance Therapy
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    Chapter 28 Side-Effects and Potential Complications
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    Chapter 29 CMV Infection and Reactivation
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    Chapter 30 Specific T-Cell Response to HCMV Infection
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    Chapter 31 Ocular Complications after Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 32 Skin Rejection in Human Hand Allografts: Histological Findings and Grading System
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    Chapter 33 Pharmacological Treatment of Rejection
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    Chapter 34 Monitoring Rejection with a Distant Sentinel Skin Graft
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    Chapter 35 Bone Healing in Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 36 Return of Sensibility and Motor Recovery of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Muscles
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    Chapter 37 From Silent Neuroma to Reactivation of Axonal Growth: How a Peripheral Nerve can Start to Regenerate into a Transplanted Hand?
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    Chapter 38 Modified Visual Feedback in Rehabilitation
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    Chapter 39 Analysis of Motor Unit Reinnervation in Muscles of the Transplanted Hand
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    Chapter 40 Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System on Arterial Distensibility
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    Chapter 41 An Instrumental Kit for a Comprehensive Assessment of Functional Recovery
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    Chapter 42 Human Brain Plasticity after Bilateral Hand Allograft
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    Chapter 43 The Sensor Glove in Preoperative Conditioning and Postoperative Rehabilitation
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    Chapter 44 A Comprehensive Functional Score System in Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 45 Quality of Life in Hand Transplant Patients
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    Chapter 46 Psychological Evaluation and Patient’s Profile
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    Chapter 47 Hand Transplant and Body Image
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    Chapter 48 Psychological Effects of Hand Transplantation
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    Chapter 49 Allogeneic Vascularised Knee Transplantation
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    Chapter 50 Laryngeal Transplantation
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    Chapter 51 Uterus Transplantation
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    Chapter 52 Abdominal Wall Transplantation: A Review of the Literature
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    Chapter 53 First Human Face Allograft: Report at 4 months
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    Chapter 54 Lower-Extremity Hindquarter Transplantation in Conjoined Twins
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    Chapter 55 Limb Transplantation in Congenital Deformities
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    Chapter 56 Mechanisms Involved in the Induction of Tolerance in Allogeneic Hand Transplantation: A Proposal
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    Chapter 57 Induction of Tolerance in Allotransplantation
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    Chapter 58 The International Registry on Hand and Composite Tissue Transplantation (IRHCTT)
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    Chapter 59 An Extensive Bibliography on Hand Transplantation