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Cosmas and Damian Revisited

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Hand Transplantation

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Transplantation — that is, the transfer of tissue from one location to another — as a surgical procedure dates as far back into human history as cave paintings. As long ago as 8000 BC, domestic animals were castrated, initiating the physical juxtaposition of donor and recipient necessary for transplantation. The oldest surgery recorded in humans from the prehistoric archaeological records from the Bronze Age showed skulls from this time being subject to trephination: To relieve intracranial pressure, a circular disc of bone was removed from the calvaria and later replaced as an orthoptic autograft.

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  1. Hand Surgery Unit, Sydney and St. Luke’s Hospitals, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Bruce W. Conolly

  2. Orthopaedic Surgeon and Medico-Legal Consultant, Sydney, Australia

    Mario Benanzio

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Italian Institute of Hand Surgery, Monza,Milan, Italy

    Marco Lanzetta (Director, Adjunct Professor and President) (Director, Adjunct Professor and President)

  2. University of Canberra, Australia

    Marco Lanzetta (Director, Adjunct Professor and President) (Director, Adjunct Professor and President)

  3. International Hand and Composite, Tissue Allograft Society, Australia

    Marco Lanzetta (Director, Adjunct Professor and President) (Director, Adjunct Professor and President)

  4. Department of Transplantation, Édouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

    Jean-Michel Dubernard  & Palmina Petruzzo  & 

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Cagliari, Italy

    Palmina Petruzzo

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Conolly, B.W., Benanzio, M. (2007). Cosmas and Damian Revisited. In: Lanzetta, M., Dubernard, JM., Petruzzo, P. (eds) Hand Transplantation. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0374-3_1

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