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ReviewJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2016

Technology and vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA)-lessons learned from the first bilateral pediatric hand transplant.

Arash Momeni, Benjamin Chang, L Scott Levin

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Review in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Arash MomeniDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University, 770 Welch Road, Suite 400, Palo Alto, CA, USA. amomeni@stanford.edu.
Benjamin ChangDivision of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
L Scott LevinDivision of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The reconstructive principle of replacing "like with like" is best met with vascularized composite allotransplantation in which the components of an existing defect are "matched" to the greatest extent possible in a single stage restoration. Hand transplantation is a labor-intensive and time-intensive process and can be conceptualized into distinct phases that include (1) patient selection and preoperative preparation, (2) technical execution of the procedure, and (3) postoperative rehabilitation and follow-up. The advent of technological innovations, such as 3D printing technology, novel implant technology, as well as innovative imaging technology, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging have the potential of favorably affecting all phases of this process, thus contributing to improved outcomes. The use of these technologies in the world's first case of bilateral hand transplantation in a pediatric patient is discussed.

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ChildHand TransplantationHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingPatient SelectionPlastic Surgery ProceduresPrinting, Three-DimensionalTomography, X-Ray ComputedTransplantation, HomologousTreatment OutcomeVascularized Composite Allotransplantation

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