20-Year Follow-up of Two Cases of Bilateral Hand Transplantation

This letter reports the 20-year results in two men who underwent bilateral hand transplantation. Each of the patients can perform activities of daily living and, despite the effects of immunosuppressive therapy, are pleased with the functional outcome.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2020-10, Vol.383 (18), p.1791-1792
Hauptverfasser:	Schneeberger, Stefan, Petruzzo, Palmina, Morelon, Emmanuel, Hautz, Theresa, Kanitakis, Jean, Weissenbacher, Annemarie, Messner, Franka, Bernardon, Laurence, Seulin, Christian, Berchtold, Valeria, Ninkovic, Marina, Öfner, Dietmar, Badet, Lionel, Gazarian, Aram, Lanzetta, Marco, Margreiter, Raimund, Dubernard, Jean-Michel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activities of daily living General & Internal Medicine Immunosuppressive agents Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medical imaging Medicine, General & Internal Patients Science & Technology Transplantation
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Zusammenfassung:	This letter reports the 20-year results in two men who underwent bilateral hand transplantation. Each of the patients can perform activities of daily living and, despite the effects of immunosuppressive therapy, are pleased with the functional outcome.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMc2017711