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Fort Worth man awaits doctors’ decision on face transplant – Denton Record Chronicle

Fort Worth man awaits doctors' decision on face transplant
Denton Record Chronicle
We are beginning an initiative here that's called Composite Tissue Allotransplantation. It's a fancy word. Composite tissue means tissue that is formed from

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Amputee is in line for double transplant – Augusta Chronicle


Amputee is in line for double transplant
Augusta Chronicle, GA
And that is why a hand transplant is an improvement, said surgeon Vijay Gorantla, the administrative director for the Pittsburgh Composite Tissue Allotransplantation program. "Hand transplants are different because they provide sensation," he said. ...

Fifth US Hand Transplant Patient Heads Home to NY – Centre Daily Times


Fifth US Hand Transplant Patient Heads Home to NY
Centre Daily Times, PA
A hand transplant, unlike a solid organ transplant, involves multiple tissues (skin, muscle, tendon, bone, cartilage, fat, nerves and blood vessels) and is called composite tissue allotransplantation. A partnership of physicians and researchers at ...
Hand transplant patient due home in Massena Newswatch 50
Fifth US hand transplant patient heads home Bizjournals.com
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Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone – PR Newswire (press release)


Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jan 21, 2009
The procedure, also called composite tissue allotransplantation, criticized by some in the hand surgery community and lauded by others in the world of organ ...