Dubernard and colleagues: first human hand allograft and early results

What changed

Human hand allografting feasibility received a detailed early clinical report.

Scientific scope

Exact 13-author 1999 early-results article; later graft removal, later transplants and field-wide outcomes excluded.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1999 French-language early-results paper. Earlier limb-transplant attempts, subsequent graft removal, later hand transplants, longer-term outcomes and composite-tissue transplantation as a field remain separate.

Contributors

• The named authors listed in the linked research record · SCIENCE: Complete source byline retained in the research record; this collective display does not merge person identities or measure labor shares.

• PubMed record for first human hand allograft early results
• Crossref record for first human hand transplantation report

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