Vijay S. Gorantla


Warren C. Breidenbach

Table of Contents

Planned Table of Contents

Experimental and clinical composite tissue allotransplantation–Historical background and current status
Charles W. Hewitt and Chad Gordon

Rationale for hand transplantation
W.P. Andrew Lee and Justin M. Sacks

Immunology of hand transplants
Diane J. Pidwell

Infrastructure, establishment and organization of a hand transplant program
Gordon R.Tobin and Ruben N.Gonzalez

Donor and recipient selection in hand transplantation
Vijay S. Gorantla, Ruben N. Gonzalez and Warren C. Breidenbach

Technical aspects, preoperative and postoperative considerations in hand transplantation
Ruben N. Gonzalez, Vijay S. Gorantla and Warren C. Breidenbach

Immunosuppression in hand transplantation
Mariano S. Dy-Liacco and Frederick Bentley

Complications of immunosuppression in hand transplantation–An overview
M. Roy First

Assessment and management of rejection in hand transplants
Raimund Margreiter and Stefan Schneeberger

Perspectives on chronic rejection after hand transplantation
Vijay S. Gorantla, Carolyn D. Burns and Warren C. Breidenbach

Immunomonitoring in hand transplantation
Christina L. Kaufman

Electroneuromyography in hand transplant patients
Vasudeva K. Iyer

Rehabilitation and functional assessment after hand transplantation
Anne Hodges

Ethical considerations in hand transplantation
Mark A. Rothstein

Psychological considerations in hand transplantation
Martin M. Klapheke

Decision analysis in hand transplantation
Steve Edgell

Brain plasticity in hand transplantation
Angela Sirigu and Jean M. Dubernard

World experience in hand transplantation
W.P. Andrew Lee and Justin M. Sacks

International registry of hand transplantation
Marco Lanzetta

Tolerance through mixed chimerism: Potential application in composite tissue transplantation
Vijay S. Gorantla and Suzanne T. Ildstad

T-cell depletion strategies for tolerance induction: Potential application in composite tissue transplantation
Erik Schadde and Stuart D. Knechtle

Future of hand transplantation
Vijay S. Gorantla and Warren C. Breidenbach