Annales de chirurgie
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Annales de chirurgie · Jan 2002
Case Reports[First transplantation of two hands: results after 18 months].
The previous results achieved in single hand transplantations confirmed the feasibility of this procedure and encouraged us to perform the first human double hand transplantation, which was performed in January 2000. In the present study we reported the results obtained eighteen months after transplantation. ⋯ This double hand transplantation showed that conventional immunosuppressive protocol is effective and safe as well as that functional results are at least as good as those achieved in replanted upper extremities.