Novel surgical technique for full face transplantation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-555

  Pomahac, Bohdan ^a   Pribaz, Julian J ^a   Bueno, Ericka M ^a   Sisk, Geoffroy C ^a   Rodrigo Diaz Siso, J ^a   Chandawarkar, Akash ^a   Westvik, Tormod S ^a   Malin, Edward W ^a   Eriksson, Elof ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84866050355     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31825dc25c     Document Type: Article

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