A review of utilities and costs of treating upper extremity amputations with vascularized composite allotransplantation versus myoelectric prostheses in Canada
Background: Hand vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) and myoelectric prostheses have proven their efficacy for treating hand amputation. Despite reported functional outcomes, the lack of consensus on VCA versus myoelectric prostheses brought us to report on their utilities and costs wit...
Main Authors: | J.I. Efanov, B. Tchiloemba, A. Izadpanah, P.G. Harris, M.A. Danino |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-06-01
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Series: | JPRAS Open |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587822000225 |
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