Lessons Learned from the Amputation of a Bilateral Hand Grafted Patient due to Psychiatric Disorders

Lessons Learned from the Amputation of a Bilateral Hand Grafted Patient due to Psychiatric Disorders

Summary:. The importance of psychosocial aspects in upper extremity transplantation (UET) has been emphasized since the beginning of the vascularized composite allotransplantation era. Herein a long-term UET failure mainly due to psychiatric disorders is reported. A young woman amputated in 2004 (el...

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Main Authors: Palmina Petruzzo, MD, Christian Seulin, MD, Jean Kanitakis, MD, Patrick Feugier, MD, Aram Gazarian, MD, Lionel Badet, MD, Emmanuel Morelon, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-10-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002905

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