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Vascularized Composite Hand Allograft Procurement and Preparation for Distal and Proximal Forearm Allotransplantation: A Stepwise Approach
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The first (double) hand transplantation in Turkey.
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. omozkan@hotmail.com
Transplantation Proceedings
|November 22, 2011
Summary
Turkey
Area of Science:
- Surgical innovation
- Transplantation medicine
Background:
- A 28-year-old male patient underwent bilateral hand allotransplantation in September 2010.
- The patient had sustained amputations of the right proximal and left distal forearms two years prior.
Observation:
- This marked the first hand transplantation performed in Turkey.
- The study details the preoperative organization, legal challenges, surgical techniques, and immunosuppressive protocols.
- Early outcomes of this composite tissue allograft (CTA) transplantation are presented.
Findings:
- The early results of the bilateral hand allotransplantation were encouraging.
- The procedure demonstrated the feasibility of composite tissue allograft transplantation.
Implications:
- The success of this case paved the way for future composite tissue allograft (CTA) transplantations, including hand and face.
- It accelerated the development of regulations for composite tissue allograft transplantation in Turkey.
