Vascularized composite allotransplantation: current standards and novel approaches to prevent acute rejection and chronic allograft deterioration.

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Published in Transpl Int on September 14, 2015

Authors

Maximilian Kueckelhaus1,2, Sebastian Fischer1,3, Midas Seyda4, Ericka M Bueno1, Mario A Aycart1, Muayyad Alhefzi1, Abdallah ElKhal4, Bohdan Pomahac1, Stefan G Tullius4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
2: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
3: Department of Plastic Surgery, BG University Hospital Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg University, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
4: Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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