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CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2014; 41(02): 174-180
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2014.41.2.174
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Facial Transplantation Surgery

Seok Chan Eun
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
› Author AffiliationsSupported by: The general research supporting program of National Research Foundation of Korea 08-2013-032
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SUMMARY

It is well known that patients with severe facial injuries accompanied by facial disfiguration are vulnerable to a poor quality of life. With the help of facial transplantation, it has become possible to achieve an optimal anatomical reconstruction. As compared to conventional methods, it can provide more desirable functional, aesthetic, and psychosocial outcomes. Face transplantation surgeons need to consider many problems associated with the criteria for selecting patients, techniques for harvesting the donor tissue, prediction of the expected functional outcomes, limitations in obtaining written informed consent for conducting the procedure, evaluation of the post-transplant immunological response and postoperative immunosuppressant requirements, psychological and social outcomes for the patients, and other concerns about funding and ethical issues.



Publication History

Received: 26 December 2013

Accepted: 26 December 2013

Article published online:
02 May 2022

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