Procurement of total human face graft for allotransplantation: A preclinical study and the first clinical case

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1181-1190

  Meningaud, Jean Paul ^a   Benjoar, Marc David ^b   Hivelin, Mickael ^b   Hermeziu, Oana ^b   Toure, Gaoussou ^b   Lantieri, Laurent ^b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FACE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FATALITY; FRANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; DEBRIDEMENT; FACE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FRANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; NECROSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 78049277137     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ec2089     Document Type: Article

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