Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 493 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
1. Historical remarks -- 2. Experimental limb transplantation -- 3. Ethics and medico-legal implications -- 4. Organization of hand transplantation -- 5. Surgical technique of hand transplantation -- 6. Immunology of hand transplantation -- 7. Immunosuppressive therapy -- 8. Limb rejection and monitoring -- 9. Functional recovery of transplanted hands -- 10. Psychological issues in hand transplantation -- 11. Other composite tissue transplant -- 12. Future directions |
Summary |
Transplanting a limb has been a dream of humanity - until 1998 when an international team of surgeons gathered in Lyon, France, and performed the first hand transplantation in history. This book presents the global experimental and clinical experience on hand transplantation and all types of other composite tissue allografts |
Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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immunologie |
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immunology |
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plastische chirurgie |
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plastic surgery |
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herstel |
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rehabilitation |
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chirurgie |
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surgery |
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orthopedie |
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orthopaedics |
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transplantatie |
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transplantation |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
In |
Springer e-books |
Subject |
Hand -- Transplantation
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Graft rejection.
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Hand.
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Hand Transplantation
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Hand
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Graft Rejection
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Hand
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Graft rejection
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Lanzetta, Marco.
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Dubernard, Jean-Michel.
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ISBN |
9788847003743 |
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8847003741 |
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8847003733 |
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9788847003736 |
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