The editors of the book, who also contribute chapters in their expertise, are world renowned surgeons. This book opens with an introductory chapter on the history of this type of transplantation and then details the clinical experience in each graft such as hand, larynx, face, uterus and the related histopathology, immunosuppression and immunomodulation.

A multidisciplinary and comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of this new area of transplantation will allow the reader to understand the complexity and the challenges of composite tissue transplantation. A number of important topics are analyzed and discussed in detail, such as the ethical, medicolegal, psychological and immunological implications. New rehabilitation techniques and strategies, together with innovative tools for the functional evaluation of the transplanted parts, are highlighted. A section on the experimental work underlines what lies ahead of us.

Contents:

• The History of Arm Transplantation (N S Hakim)
• The First Successful Double Hand Transplantation (P Petruzzo & J-M Dubernard)
• The Austrian Experience with Hand and Forearm Transplantation (S Schneeberger et al.)
• Human Face Transplantation (F Petit)
• Uterine Transplantation (K Sieunarine et al.)
• Laryngeal Transplantation (E V Barker et al.)
• Immunology and Tolerance of the Composite Tissue Allograft (G Warnecke & K J Wood)
• Immunomodulation of the Composite Tissue Allograft (M Siemionow)
• Histopathology of Human Composite Tissue Allografts (J Kanitakis)
• Immunosuppression in Composite Tissue Allografts (K Vlachos & D Kostopoulos)