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The History of Extremity Replantation

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Extremity Replantation

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The concept of the dead being brought back to life has fascinated humankind since recorded time. The history of replantation is the story of challenging this taboo by analyzing the reports from myths, miracles, and the more credible documentations of the survival of grafted body parts. For survival the circulation needed to be reconstituted and this called for blood vessel repair. Initially with empiricism, then science, and, finally, with critical refinements in technology, microvessels were able to be reliably anastomosed and with it began the era of replantation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

    Wayne A. Morrison MD, FRACS

  2. Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

    Wayne A. Morrison MD, FRACS

  3. O’Brien Institute, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

    Wayne A. Morrison MD, FRACS

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    A. Neil Salyapongse

  2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Samuel O. Poore

  3. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Ahmed M. Afifi

  4. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Michael L. Bentz

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Morrison, W.A. (2015). The History of Extremity Replantation. In: Salyapongse, A., Poore, S., Afifi, A., Bentz, M. (eds) Extremity Replantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7516-4_1

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