Table 3.

Upper extremity transplant losses in Western recipients.

Time elapsed between transplantation and loss	Reason(s) for allograft loss	Bilateral or unilateral loss	Other comments
5 days	Necrosis secondary to sepsis	Bilateral	Patient received combined face and hand transplantation
15 days	Poor revascularization	Bilateral	Amputation of distal phalanges
23 months	Arterial acute ischemia with intimal hyperplasia	Unilateral
29 months	Rejection	Bilateral	Attributed to immunosuppression non-compliance
45 days	Bacterial infection and bleeding	Unilateral	Patient received combined face and hand transplantation and died on day 65 post-transplant from cerebral anoxia secondary to airway obstruction