| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 477 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
The establishment of composite tissue allotransplantation as a clinical reality / Joseph E. Murray -- The evolution of composite tissue allotransplantation: the twentieth century realization of "Cosmas and Damian" / Chad R. Gordon [and others] -- The impact of the discovery of cyclosporine on transplantation of composite tissue allografts / Zsolt T. Csapo, Bence Forgacs, and Barry D. Kahan -- The first limb transplants with cyclosporine / Christopher J. Salgado, Samir Mardini, and Charles W. Hewitt -- Translational research in composite tissue allotransplantation / Linda C. Cendales, David E. Kleiner, and Allan D. Kirk -- Relative antigenicity of allograft components and differential rejection / Jignesh Unadkat [and others] -- On the road to tolerance induction in composite tissue allotransplantation / Mark A. Hardy -- Donor-specific tolerance / Au H. Bui, Gerald Lipshutz, and Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski -- Immune tolerance induction: basic concepts for composite tissue allotransplantation / Patricio Andrades, Clement Asideu, and Judith M. Thomas -- Allograft survival with calcineurin inhibitors / Neil F. Jones and Esther Voegelin -- Long-term prevention of rejection and combination drug therapy / Thomas H. Tung -- Locoregional immunosuppression in composite tissue allografting / Scott A. Gruber -- New approaches to antibody therapy / Dalibor Vasilic, Moshe Kon, and Cedric G. Francois -- World experience of hand transplantation-independent assessment / W.P. Andrew Lee, Justin M. Sacks, and Elaine K. Horibe -- Hand transplantation: Lyon experience / Palmina Petruzzo [and others] -- Hand transplantation: the Louisville experience / Vijay S. Gorantla and Warren C. Breidenbach III -- Hand transplantation: the Innsbruck experience / Stefan Schneeberger, Marina Ninkovic, and Raimund Margreiter -- Vascularized bone marrow transplantation / Chau Y. Tai [and others] -- Vascularized bone marrow transplantation: pathology of composite tissue transplantation-induced graft-versus-host-disease / Rajen Ramsamooj and Charles W. Hewitt -- Immune cell redistribution after vascularized bone marrow transplantation / Waldemar L. Olszewski and Marek Durlik -- Vascularized knee transplantation / Michael Diefenbeck and Gunther O. Hofmann -- Tracheal transplantation / Gabriel M. Marta and Walter Klepetko -- Laryngeal transplantation / Robert R. Lorenz and Marshall Strome -- Face transplantation / Maria Siemionow and Galip Agaoglu -- The role of allografts in lower extremity reconstruction / Milton B. Armstrong, Ricardo Jimenez-Lee, and Eddie Manning -- Skin allografts in scalp reconstruction / Peter C. Neligan -- Abdominal wall transplantation / Chau Y. Tai and Susan E. Mackinnon -- Live-donor nerve transplantation / Scott A. Gruber and Pedro Mancias -- Ethical and policy concerns of hand/face transplantation / Rhonda Gay Hartman -- Ethical debate on human face transplantation / François Petit -- Psychosocial issues in composite tissue allotransplantation / Barckley Storey [and others] -- Composite tissue transplantation in the twenty-first century / Kirby S. Black and Charles W. Hewitt |
| Summary |
Presents various accomplishments and research in the field of composite tissue transplantation. This volume includes sections on hand transplantation and vascularized bone marrow transplantation. It focuses on immunology and the biotechnology/bioengineering aspects of transplantation surgery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation immunology.
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Biomedical engineering.
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Homografts.
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Tissue Transplantation
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Transplantation Immunology
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Transplantation, Homologous
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Transplantation
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Organ Transplantation
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Biomedical Technology
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Biomedical Engineering
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biomedical engineering.
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Transplant.
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Transplantation immunology.
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Transplantation, Homologous.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Biomedical engineering.
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Tissue Transplantation.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Ingeniería biomédica
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Homoinjertos
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Homografts
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Biomedical engineering
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Transplantation immunology
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hewitt, Charles W., editor.
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Lee, W. P. Andrew. editor
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Gordon, Chad R., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780387746821 |
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038774682X |
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9780387746814 |
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0387746811 |
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