ReviewJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2017
The decade of face transplant outcomes.
Review in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Vascularized composite xenotransplantation: Where we have been and where we could go?Cell transplantationPooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Clinical Application of Topical Tacrolimus in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Is There an Increasing Interest in Vascular Composite Allotransplantation? A Search Trends Analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Mortality and graft loss in face transplantation: lessons from two decades of experience.Clinical transplantation and research · 2026Review
- Acellular Normothermic Machine Perfusion Does not Exacerbate Acute Rejection in Rodent Vascularized Composite Allografts.Transplantation direct · 2026Article
- Vascularised Composite Allotransplantation: Emerging Applications in Reconstructive Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Rewiring faces: advances and outcomes in facial nerve reconstruction after facial vascularized composite allotransplantation.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Donor adipose-derived stromal cells are vasoprotectant but unable to revert acute rejection in rodent vascularized composite allotransplants.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Surgical techniques and outcome assessment of a novel vascularized orthotopic rodent whole eye transplantation model.PloS one · 2025Article
- Computerized Surgical Planning in Face Transplantation.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2024Review
- Methods of ex vivo analysis of tissue status in vascularized composite allografts.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Review
- Cellular activation pathways and interaction networks in vascularized composite allotransplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Policies and Price Tags: The Public's Perception of Face Transplantation and Its Funding.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2022Article
- Validating a Novel Device to Improve Skin Color Matching for Face Transplants.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- A mixed-methods examination of public attitudes toward vascularized composite allograft donation and transplantation.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
- The psychosocial burden of visible disfigurement following traumatic injury.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- The Positive Impact of Donor Bone Marrow Cells Transplantation into Immunoprivileged Compartments on the Survival of Vascularized Skin Allografts.Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis · 2021Article
- Face transplantation: anesthesia and other organizational considerations.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2021Article
- Facial Transplantation: Complications, Outcomes, and Long-Term Management Strategies.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2020Review
- Recognizing Emotional Expression as an Outcome Measure After Face Transplant.JAMA network open · 2020Article
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Abstract
At the 10th year anniversary of the first face transplantation, 37 patients worldwide, were the recipients of faces coming from human donors. Five patients died due to complications, noncompliance with immunosuppressive medications and development of cancer. Despite the initial debates and ethical concerns, face transplantation became a clinical reality with satisfactory functional outcomes. The areas of controversy still include the impact of life-long immunosuppression on otherwise healthy patients as well as the selection process of face transplant candidates. Other concerns include financial support for this new generation of transplants as well as social re-integration and patients return to work after face transplantation. Based on over 20 years of research experience in the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA), and clinical experience as a leading surgeon of the US first face transplantation, this review will summarize the well-known facts as well as unexpected outcomes and challenges of face transplantation.
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