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Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organisation, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Innsbruck Experience

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Composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) represents a therapeutic option after the loss of a hand, forearm or digits. Even if the level of immunosuppression seems to be comparable to that after pancreas, heart, or kidney transplantation, a high incidence of rejections and loss of two transplanted hands for immunological reasons have been observed so far [1]. Hand transplantation is a complex and multidisciplinary treatment and should only be considered in carefully selected patients. Not so much the risks of the surgical procedure but, rather, that of the associated long-term immunosuppression needs to be weighed against the expected benefits of such a transplant.

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  1. Department of General and Transplant Surgery, The Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Gerald Brandacher, Stefan Schneeberger & Raimund Margreiter

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  1. Italian Institute of Hand Surgery, Monza,Milan, Italy

    Marco Lanzetta (Director, Adjunct Professor and President) (Director, Adjunct Professor and President)

  2. University of Canberra, Australia

    Marco Lanzetta (Director, Adjunct Professor and President) (Director, Adjunct Professor and President)

  3. International Hand and Composite, Tissue Allograft Society, Australia

    Marco Lanzetta (Director, Adjunct Professor and President) (Director, Adjunct Professor and President)

  4. Department of Transplantation, Édouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

    Jean-Michel Dubernard  & Palmina Petruzzo  & 

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Cagliari, Italy

    Palmina Petruzzo

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Brandacher, G., Schneeberger, S., Margreiter, R. (2007). Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organisation, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Innsbruck Experience. In: Lanzetta, M., Dubernard, JM., Petruzzo, P. (eds) Hand Transplantation. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0374-3_17

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