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Linda Carime Cendales

Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
DUMC Box 3181, Durham, NC 27710
129 Baker House, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Implementation research

Book section · January 1, 2026 In this chapter, we look to define and highlight unique aspects of implementation research that could help bridge gaps between bench to bedside research and facilitate the implementation to clinical practice. We will review the fluid stages of implementati ... Full text Cite

Vascular Composite Allografts (VCA): New Transplants, New Infections

Book section · January 1, 2021 Vascularized composite allografts, or VCA transplants, are allotransplants that incorporate multiple tissues transplanted as a single functional unit, most commonly hands or face. They are, by definition, transplants aimed at improving quality of life rath ... Full text Cite

Histopathological Syndromes of Vascularized Composite Allograft Rejection and Recurrent Disease

Book section · January 1, 2014 Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a developing field for the reconstruction of multi-tissue defects unable to be ameliorated with autologous tissue. Thus far, over 90 patients have received a VCA worldwide. Essentially, all VCA recipients ... Full text Cite

Long-term Outcomes after Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation

Book section · January 1, 2014 Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a developing field for the reconstruction of multi-tissue defects unable to be ameliorated with autologous tissue. Thus far, over 90 patients have received a VCA worldwide. Although individual immunosuppr ... Full text Cite

Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

Book section · August 2, 2012 Organ transplantation has proven to provide curative treatment for most end stage solid organ diseases. Given this success, transplantation therapies have been proposed for certain tissues and functions lost due to trauma or that arise from congenital anom ... Full text Cite

Vascularized composite allotransplantation

Book section · December 1, 2011 Vascularized composite allotransplantation is a field in its early development. This chapter describes the latest classification scheme applied to composite grafts and acute cellular rejection is amply demonstrated with high quality images. The differentia ... Full text Cite

Translational research in composite tissue allotransplantation

Book section · January 1, 2008 Featured Publication Patients suffering from severe tissue loss secondary to burns, traumatic injuries, or tumor resections have limited options for reconstruction when autologous tissue for reconstruction is scarce. Composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) has recently been ... Full text Cite

Solid organ transplantation at the National Institutes of Health: development of a research-based transplantation practice.

Book section · 2005 Featured Publication The National Institutes of Health has established a clinical transplant research program focusing on translational research in kidney transplantation. The program has been developed with a multidisciplinary approach under a common administrative structure ... Link to item Cite

Microsurgical Cross-Hand Transfer

Book section · January 1, 2005 Full text Cite