Deals with composite tissue allograft and allograft transplantation. This book provides a description of the status of the transplant of the various composite tissue allografts. It details the clinical experience in each graft such as hand, larynx, face, uterus and the related histopathology, immunosuppression and immunomodulation.
History of Organ Transplantation (N Hakim & E Owen); First Successful Double Hand Transplant (P Petruzzo & J M Dubernard); The Austrian Experience with Hand and Forearm Transplantation (S Schneeberger et al.); Human Face Transplant (F Petit); Uterine Transplantation (K Sieunarine et al.); Laryngeal Transplantation (E Barker); Immunology and Tolerance in Composite Tissue Allograft (M Siemionow); Histopathology of the Composite Tissue Allograft (J Kanitakis); Immunosuppression in Composite Tissue Allograft (K Vlachos & D Kostopoulos).