FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 344:65 January 4, 2001 Number 1 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited PubMed Citation

To the Editor: Jones et al. (Aug. 17 issue)¹ describe transplantation of a hand and provide one year of follow-up data on the recipient. Although one can applaud the technical accomplishment, their use of the term "successful" must be challenged. The authors have demonstrated the technical ability to transplant composite tissue, but until there is the recovery of sensation in the hand and demonstration of useful function, including bimanual use, we would not consider this result a success.

At this time, it is the position of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand² that it is premature to undertake . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Brenner, M. J., Tung, T. H., Jensen, J. N., Mackinnon, S. E. (2002). The Spectrum of Complications of Immunosuppression: Is the Time Right for Hand Transplantation?. JBJS 84: 1861-1870 [Full Text]