Flaps, Vascular and Microvascular Topics

Transplanted Fingerprints: A Preliminary Case Report 40 Months Posttransplant

Szajerka T, Jurek B, Jablecki J (St Hedwig’s Hosp, Trzebnica, Poland; Metropolitan Police Headquarters, Wroclaw, Poland) Transplant Proc 42:3753-3755, 2010^§

Abstract

For the past century, fingerprints have been considered permanent and specific for each individual. However, with the advances in transplantology, fingerprints have lost their permanence. Because no study has yet been described, we examined possible changes in the fingerprint pattern of a transplanted hand.

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