A Mobile Extracorporeal Extremity Salvage System for Replantation and Transplantation
Kueckelhaus M, Fischer S, Sisk G, Kiwanuka H, Bueno E, Dermietzel A, Alhefzi M, Aycart M, Diehm Y, Pomahac B. A Mobile Extracorporeal Extremity Salvage System for Replantation and Transplantation. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2016, 76: 355-360. PMID: 26808757, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000000681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle damageLimb lossPerfusion deviceDeceased organ donorsIschemic muscle damageBilateral hind limbsPreferred treatmentBilateral limbsMuscle biopsyOrgan donorsTraumatic amputationHealthy limbPerfusion solutionReplantationArterial systemTransplantationHypoxic cellsPerfusate compositionHind limbPorcine limbsLimbSignificant differencesYorkshire pigsSalvage systemSimilar changes