Face transplantation: Outcomes, concerns, controversies, and future directions

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 254-259

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Ozturk, Can ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Controversies about face transplantation; Face transplant; Facial allotransplantation; Future applications; Outcomes and complications of face transplantation

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; ETHICS; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESTHETICS; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864088839     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318241b920     Document Type: Article

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