Human hand transplantation: what have we learned?

Lanzettà, Marco; Petruzzo, Palmina; Vitale, G.; Lucchina, Stefano; Owen, Earl; Dubernard, J. M.; Hakim, Nadey; Kapila, Hari

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.006

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“…This is often reported a process parallel in time with the process of gaining sensations in the new hand [9, 31, p. 1661]. Reports on when protective and discriminatory sensations appear vary, but some suggest that protective sensations 1 appear in the early post-operative period (3 months postoperatively) and discriminatory sensations around 18 months postoperatively [11,12]. Motor recovery also takes place gradually.…”

Section: A Phenomenological Exploration Of the Sense Of Disownership mentioning

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Ethics and Organ Transfer: A Merleau-Pontean Perspective

Zeiler

2009

Health Care Anal

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The article's aim is to explore human hand allograft recipients' postoperative experience of disownership and their gradual experience of their new hand as theirs, with the aid of the work of the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Many have used a Merleau-Pontinian perspective in the analysis of embodiment. Far fewer have used it in medico-ethical analysis. Drew Leder's phenomenologically based ethics of organ donation and organ sale is an exception to this tendency. The article's second aim is to examine Leder's phenomenologically based ethics of organ donation and organ sale. Though I find parts of Leder's approach promising, I also elaborate a line of reasoning that draws on Merleau-Ponty, that does allow us to argue for certain kinds of organ donation and against organ sale-and that avoids some of the problems with Leder's approach. This alternative route builds on the concept of the integrity of the body-subject.

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Ethics and Organ Transfer: A Merleau-Pontean Perspective

Zeiler

2009

Health Care Anal

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“…All of the accepted transplants have normal colour and skin tension, with proper nail and hair growth. Arterial and venous vascularization in all cases is evaluated as good (27).…”

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“…Upper limb transplantation -the current state of knowledge (27). The principal indication for the ULT procedure is the bilateral amputation of the upper limbs or the amputation of the dominant hand (3).…”

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Upper Limb Transplantation - The Current State of Knowledge

Chełmoński¹,

Jabłecki²

2007

Polish Journal of Surgery

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“…The literature suggests that hand transplantation restores both motor and sensory function as well as self-image. 12,[14][15][16][17][18][19] In fact, the degree of function is comparable with and potentially better than hand reimplantation after amputation, which is more favourable than prostheses. 20 In this specific cohort, quality of life outweighs quantity.…”

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Hand transplant surgery

Nassimizadeh

Power³

2014

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In September 1998 the world’s first hand transplant was performed in Lyon, France. A new era in reconstructive surgery had begun. This case highlighted the potential for composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA). While CTA is not a new technique, it unifies the principles of reconstructive microsurgery and transplant surgery, achieving the goals of absolute correction of a defect with anatomically and physiologically identical tissue with none of the issues of donor site morbidity associated with autologous tissue transfer. The adoption of this technique for non-life threatening conditions to improve quality of life has generated a number of new ethical considerations. Additionally, the prominence of transplanted hands has led to much discussion around the issue of body identity and psychological assessment of potential recipients. This is fundamental to any hand transplantation programme. With the advent of hand transplantation dawning in the UK, we review the many ethical considerations that contribute to this new frontier.

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Human hand transplantation: what have we learned?

Cited by 75 publications

References 16 publications

Ethics and Organ Transfer: A Merleau-Pontean Perspective

Ethics and Organ Transfer: A Merleau-Pontean Perspective

Upper Limb Transplantation - The Current State of Knowledge

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