Facial transplantation: A new gold standard in facial reconstruction?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-212

  Butler, Peter E M ^a   Hettiaratchy, Shehan ^b   Clarke, Alex ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

EDITORIAL; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FACE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33645093444     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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