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  • Regenerative medicine
  • Surgical innovation

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  • Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) monitoring traditionally relies on skin biopsies.
  • VCAs contain multiple tissue types, potentially leading to discordant rejection.
  • Skin biopsy may not fully represent the rejection status of all VCA components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of skin biopsy in monitoring VCA rejection.
  • To investigate the phenomenon of differential rejection across VCA tissue types.
  • To assess the implications of split rejection on VCA graft surveillance.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of VCA rejection episodes.
  • Analysis of patient monitoring strategies for acute and chronic rejection.
  • Correlation of skin biopsy findings with rejection in other VCA tissues.

Main Results:

  • Skin biopsies effectively detected acute rejection episodes in VCA.
  • Chronic rejection, manifesting as muscle fibrosis and graft vasculopathy, often showed no skin changes.
  • Discordant rejection across different tissue types within a VCA was observed.

Conclusions:

  • Split rejection, where VCA tissues reject asynchronously, is a significant clinical finding.
  • Skin biopsy alone is insufficient for comprehensive long-term VCA graft monitoring.
  • New surveillance methods are needed to address split rejection in VCA.