Experimental models in primates for reconstructive surgery utilizing tissue transplants

• Published in: Annals of plastic surgery Vol. 13; no. 5; p. 423
• Main Authors: Egerszegi, E P, Samulack, D D, Daniel, R K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1984
• Subjects: Animals; Cyclosporins - therapeutic use; Hand - innervation; Hand - surgery; Hand Transplantation; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Immunosuppression; Intraoperative Care; Papio; Postoperative Care; Skin Transplantation; Surgical Flaps; Transplantation - history; Transplantation Immunology; Transplantation, Heterologous; Transplantation, Homologous

Two experimental models for tissue transplantation between unrelated individuals of a primate species have been designed to study survival and reinnervation. The first is a neurovascular free flap consisting of the entire soft tissue coverage of the index finger. The second is an entire hand transpl...