Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

Composite tissue allotransplant is a relatively new concept in the spectrum of allotransplantation. This includes transplant of hands, face and abdominal wall and in rare instances, tissues like penis, uterus and trachea. Out of these, hand transplants have been done more commonly.

• At Amrita, the Composite Tissue Allotransplant team performed India’s first-Hand Transplant on a 30-year-old male on January 13th, 2015 who lost both his hands in a train accident.
• Second Bilateral Hand transplant was done 3 months later on 10th April 2015 on an Afghan soldier who lost his arms in a landmine explosion.

These transplants have been billed as a breakthrough in the field of Composite Tissue Allotransplantation in the country and is also the first-Hand transplant in the World done on coloured skin

• The single centre that has performed the highest number of hand transplantations in the world.
• India’s first hand transplantation (2015)
• India’s first forearm transplant (2016)
• Asia’s first upper arm double hand transplantation (2017)
• World’s first male to female hand transplantation (2017)

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• Total hand transplants done - 11
• First hand transplant in South-east Asia
• First male to female hand transplant in the world

Our CTA department has ambitious plans on abdominal wall transplant in association with the Gastrosurgery Transplant team along with face and tracheal transplant in future. Our CTA research program is associated with the Pittsburgh Hand Transplant group with a focus on immunomodulation.