Facial transplantation in a new era: What are the ethical implications?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-278

  Johnson, Stephanie E ^a   Corsten, Martin J ^b  

^a PGY 3 ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Ethics; Facial transplant

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BENEFICENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE DEFORMITY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SURGICAL RISK; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 68949183124     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32832cba57     Document Type: Review

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