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Springer Hand transplantation 1st Editon 2017 Softbound by Marco Lanzetta, Jean-Michel Dubernard
Historical Remarks.- Cosmas and Damian Revisited.- Hand Transplantation as an Evolution of Microsurgery: A Logical Step Towards Better Reconstructive Options.- Experimental Limb Transplantation.- Hind-Limb Transplantation in the Rat: Surgical Technique, Anaesthesia and Early Postoperative Management.- Indefinite Survival and Functional Recovery of Limb Allografts in Rodents.- Induction of High-Level Chimerism in Composite Tissue Transplants.- Simultaneous Vascularised Bone Marrow Transplantation to Promote Acceptance of Limb Allografts.- Experimental Approaches to Composite Tissue Allograft Transplants.- A Review of Current Strategies to Achieve Tolerance in Animal Models.- The History of Experimental Hand Transplantation in Primates.- Hand Transplantation in Monkeys: Technical Details and Immunological Aspects.- Ethics and Medico-Legal Implications.- Ethical Aspects of Non-Life-Saving Allografts with Special Regard to the Hand.- Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation in Non-Life-Saving Situations.- Informed Consent, Medico-Legal Implications, Public and Private Insurance Issues and Quantification of Disability in Hand Transplantation.- Living with Two Different Fingerprints: Legal Implications and Identification Issues.- Organization of Hand Transplantation.- Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Lyon Experience.- Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation:The Milan Experience.- 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.- Selection of Candidates and Waiting List, Dealing with the Media and the Public, Setting Up a Pilot Study, Clinical Trial Organization, Staff Requisites for Hand Transplantation: The Brussels Experience.- Patient Management and Follow-up.- Surgical Technique of Hand Transplantation.- Instruments, Sutures and Needles for Hand Transplantation.- Anaesthetic Management.- Harvesting the Hand.- Preparing the Recipient.- Technical and Surgical Details of Hand Transplantation.- Hand Replantation and Transplantation: More Differences than Similarities.- Immunology of Hand Transplantation.- Current Concepts.- Immunosuppressive Therapy.- Induction and Maintenance Therapy.- Side-Effects and Potential Complications.- CMV Infection and Reactivation.- Specific T-Cell Response to HCMV Infection.- Ocular Complications after Hand Transplantation.- Limb Rejection and Monitoring.- Skin Rejection in Human Hand Allografts: Histological Findings and Grading System.- Pharmacological Treatment of Rejection.- Monitoring Rejection with a Distant Sentinel Skin Graft.- Functional Recovery of Transplanted Hands.- Bone Healing in Hand Transplantation.- Return of Sensibility and Motor Recovery of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Muscles.- From Silent Neuroma to Reactivation of Axonal Growth: How a Peripheral Nerve can Start to Regenerate into a Transplanted Hand?.- Modified Visual Feedback in Rehabilitation.- Analysis of Motor Unit Reinnervation in Muscles of the Transplanted Hand.- Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System on Arterial Distensibility.- An Instrumental Kit for a Comprehensive Assessment of Functional Recovery.- Human Brain Plasticity after Bilateral Hand Allograft.- The Sensor Glove in Preoperative Conditioning and Postoperative Rehabilitation.- A Comprehensive Functional Score System in Hand Transplantation.- Quality of Life in Hand Transplant Patients.- Psychological Issues in Hand Transplantation.- Psychological Evaluation and Patient’s Profile.- Hand Transplant and Body Image.- Psychological Effects