Using team science in vascularized composite allotransplantation to improve team and patient outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Reconstructive allografts using Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) are providing individuals living with upper limb loss and facial disfigurement with new opportunities for a sensate, esthetically acceptable, and functional alternative to current treatment strategies. Important research attention is being paid to how best to assess and screen candidates for VCA, measure optimal patient outcomes, and support patient adherence to lifelong behaviors and medical regimens. Far less attention, however, has been dedicated to the team science required for these complex VCA teams to form, prepare, and provide the highest quality clinical and psychosocial care to those receiving VCA. VCA teams are unique in that they require specialized team members whose scope of practice may not othe

SUBMITTER: Griffin JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486538 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature