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Vascularized Composite Hand Allograft Procurement and Preparation for Distal and Proximal Forearm Allotransplantation: A Stepwise Approach
Published on: May 23, 2025
Microsurgery of the upper extremity
Oren Z Lerman1, Nicholas Haddock, River M Elliott
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, and the Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
In the past 50 years, hand surgeons have made considerable contributions to microsurgery. The unique demands of complex upper extremity care have driven many of the technical and scientific advances of this discipline, including functional muscle transfers, nerve transfers, and composite tissue allotransplantation. The purpose of this article was to review the current applications of microsurgery to the upper extremity.

