Current Concepts and Future Challenges in Facial Transplantation

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-521

  Lengelé, Benoît G ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Face transplantation; Functional results; Immunotherapy; Indications; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

2 CYANO 3 HYDROXY N [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 6 HEPTYNAMIDE; ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; EVEROLIMUS; FK 779; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE DISORDER; FACE MALFORMATION; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROSURGERY; MYCOSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 66649099386     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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