Role of Facial Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation in Burn Patients.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2017
Abstract
Face transplantation can provide improved quality of life to patients with extensive burn injuries. Facial vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) offers a new paradigm of treatment options, serving as a powerful reconstructive tool to restore facial form and function. Although currently facial VCA patients must follow a lifelong regimen of immunosuppression medications and suffer a risk of rejection, in properly selected patients, facial VCA can be a transformative operation and can improve quality of life. Research efforts continue to optimize immunosuppression and surgical technique and serve as evidence of the procedure's growing role in reconstructive surgery for critically injured patients.
Volume
44
Issue
4
First Page
857
Last Page
864
ISSN
1558-0504
Published In/Presented At
Bharadia, D., Sinha, I., & Pomahac, B. (2017). Role of Facial Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation in Burn Patients. Clinics in plastic surgery, 44(4), 857–864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cps.2017.05.017
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
28888310
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article