The world's experience with facial transplantation: What have we learned thus far?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 572-578

  Gordon, Chad R ^a   Siemionow, Maria ^a   Papay, Francis ^a   Pryor, Landon ^a   Gatherwright, James ^a   Kodish, Eric ^a   Paradis, Carmen ^a   Coffman, Kathy ^a   Mathes, David ^b   Schneeberger, Stefan ^c   Losee, Joseph ^c   Serletti, Joseph M ^d   Hivelin, Mikaël ^e   Lantieri, Laurent ^e   Zins, James E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candidate selection; Composite tissue transplant; Facial composite tissue allograft; Functional; Immunosuppression; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALLICIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOBETASOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSCARNET; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPENICILLIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOUTHWASH; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BITE; BURN; CURETTAGE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELIRIUM; DOG BITE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDEMA; ELECTRIC INJURY; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSULIN TREATMENT; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; SYPHILIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VIREMIA;

ADULT; BURNS, ELECTRIC; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 70350660572     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181ba5245     Document Type: Review

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