Human facial allotransplantation: Patient selection and pertinent considerations

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 260-264

  Losee, Joseph E ^a   Fletcher, Derek R ^a   Gorantla, Vijay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; Facial tissue; Patient; Screening; Selection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DONOR; ESTHETICS; ETHICS; FACE; FACE INJURY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ESTHETICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACE; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864089861     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318241b958     Document Type: Article

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