On the ethics of composite tissue allotransplantation (facial transplantation) [1]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 747-

  Ad El, Dean David ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHICS; FACE SURGERY; LETTER; LITERATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ETHICS, CLINICAL; FACE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33846439761     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000247902.74741.d4     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Rohrich, R. J., Longaker, M. T., and Cunningham, B. On the ethics of composite tissue allotransplantation (facial transplantation). Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 117: 2071, 2006.
2. Demir, Y., Ozman, S., Klimczak, A., et al. Tolerance induction in composite facial allograft in the rat model. Plast. Reconstr. Surg 114: 1790, 2004.
3. Siemionow, M., Unal, S., Agaoglu, G., and Sari, A. Mock facial transplantation: A cadaver study in preparation for facial allograft transplantation in humans: Part II (Abstract). Plast. Reconstr. Surg 116 (3 Suppl.): 11, 2005.
4. McDowell, N. Surgeons struggle with the ethical nightmare of face transplantation. Nature 420: 449, 2002.
5. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Position of the Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery on facial transplantation. Available at www.plasticsurgery.org.