First two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 3): Rehabilitation and immediate outcome

Conclusion: Despite more than 110 hands being transplanted worldwide, hand transplant remains an experimental procedure. It is still not considered the “standard of care” for hand amputees. Outcome analyses performed worldwide do indicate that the procedure can provide a substantial improvement in the quality of life for the hand amputee, especially the bilateral amputees.

Source: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery - December 28, 2017 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Mohit Sharma Subramania Iyer P Kishore Jimmy Mathew Sundeep Vijayaraghavan Ravi Sankaran Arun N Nair R Janarthanan Abhijeet Wakure Raghuveer Reddy SM Chetan Mali Visakh Varma Ashish Chaudhari Swapnil Dhake Akshay Omkumar Source Type: research