The University of Pittsburgh hand transplant group shares its guidelines for anesthesia in the “Pittsburgh Upper Extremity Transplant Anesthesia Protocol,” and gives guidelines based on eight hand, forearm or arm transplants in five patients.
The guidelines pertain to fluid management, intraoperative monitoring and anesthesia, including regional strategies to block nerves supplying the shoulder, arm and hand.
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