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ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2019

A Call to Accountability: Reporting Outcomes in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.

James L Benedict, Nicholas L Robbins, Bruce Kaplan, Warren C Breidenbach

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Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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James L BenedictCenter for Healthcare Ethics Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nicholas L RobbinsAIRMED Program, 59th Medical Wing, JBSA Lackland AFB, Tex.
Bruce KaplanDepartment of Medicine Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Tex.
Warren C BreidenbachAIRMED Program, 59th Medical Wing, JBSA Lackland AFB, Tex.

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Abstract

Because nearly all the vascularized composite allotransplants performed in the United States have been proposed and carried out as research, the ethical duty to report outcomes pertains. This duty is set forth in several international statements, including the World Health Organization's Statement on Public Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results, the 2013 Helsinki Declaration, and the Singapore Statement on Research Integrity. These international statements call for the reporting of negative and inconclusive outcomes as well as positive outcomes, and for the reporting of results from previously unreported past research. In 2014, the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network vascularized composite allotransplant committee proposed mandatory data collection and submission requirements for transplants, but only for those which took place in September 2015 or later. Reporting of data for the allotransplants which took place before September 2015 was regarded as optional, even though the pre-September 2015 transplants represent the majority of vascularized composite allotransplants in the United States and all the long-term outcome data. We encourage the American Society of Reconstructive Transplantation and the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network committee to embrace the international ethical standards and to hold all vascularized composite allotransplant programs in the United States accountable for reporting data on outcomes of pre-September 2015 transplants.

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PMCPMC6635189

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