A pilot study in sub-SMAS face transplantation: Defining donor compatibility and assessing outcomes in a cadaver model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-129

  Baccarani, Alessio ^a   Follmar, Keith E ^a   Das, Rajesh R ^a   Mukundan, Srinivasan ^a   Marcus, Jeffrey R ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a   Erdmann, Detlev ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DONOR; FACE SURGERY; FACE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECIPIENT; SKIN COLOR; SOFT TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 33847062560     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000245078.66513.c0     Document Type: Article

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