Patient expectations in facial transplantation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Barker, John H ^a,b   Furr, L Allen ^b   McGuire, Sean ^a   Cunningham, Michael ^b   Wiggins, Osborne ^b   Storey, Barckley ^a   Maldonado, Claudio ^a   Banis, Joseph C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Facial transplant; Immunosuppression; Risk acceptance; Risk versus benefit; Standard gamble; Time trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXPECTATION; FACE DEFORMITY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEAUTY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149104253     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318151fa12     Document Type: Article

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