IJOTM 2008-6490 2 4 2011 10 01 Future Perspectives for Hand Transplant in Iran 194 197 EN MJ Fatemi M Masoumi E Esfandiari Traumatic Veterans Management Center, Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affair, Tehran, Iran. esfandiari.elham@yahoo.com 2011 09 04 Hand transplant program is a communion of physicians and researchers during the current decade. 72 hands and digits were transplanted in 53 patients over the past 13 years. Unlike a solid organ transplant, hand transplantation involves various tissues, so it is called “composite tissue allotransplantation.” This article discusses the plans for performing the first hand transplant in Iran.