The Role of Imaging in Patient Selection, Preoperative Planning, and Postoperative Monitoring in Human Upper Extremity Allotransplantation

Table 1

Presurgical imaging evaluation in the accepted patients.

Modality	Purpose
Extremity radiograph (All)	Osseous integrity
CT (2)	Level of amputation
	Arthropathy
Angiography CT (3)	Vascular architecture
Conventional (4)*	Arterial and venous patency
HIP MRI/ABD US/ENT Radiographs (All)	Detection of underlying disease
Postoperative imaging
Radiography (All); 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months	Bone healing/alignment
Peripheral US (All)	Vascular patency
Q 3 mo for year 1	Intimal hyperplasia
Angiography CT (3)	Vascular patency
Conventional (2)

∗Numbers total >5 because of bilateral evaluations.