First two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 1): From vision to reality

First two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 1): From vision to reality

Introduction: Vascularized composite tissue allotransplantation is a relatively new concept, which was unavailable in the Indian subcontinent till a bilateral hand transplant was carried out successfully in January 2015. Materials and Methods: The setting up of the transplant programme involved obta...

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Main Authors: Subramania Iyer, Mohit Sharma, P. Kishore, Jimmy Mathew, Sundeep Vijayaraghavan, Janarthanan Ramu, Abhijeet Wakure, Raghuveer Reddy, S. M. Mali Chetan, Visakh Varma, Ashish Chaudhari, Swapnil Dhake, Akshay Omkumar, V. G. Prasad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
composite tissue allotransplantation
first coloured hand transplantation
india's first hand transplantation
vascularised tissue allotransplantation
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijps.IJPS_93_17

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