Research Article
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) | |
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Numbers total >5 because of bilateral evaluations.
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