In recent decades, there have been tremendous improvements in burn care that have
allowed patients to survive severe burn injuries that were once fatal. However, a major …

Improvements in burn wound care have vastly decreased morbidity and mortality in severely
burned patients. Development of new therapeutic approaches to increase wound repair has …

Background: Reconstruction of extensive facial and scalp burns can be increasingly
challenging, especially in patients that have undergone multiple procedures with less than …

Background Quality of life has frequently been reported to improve after vascularized
composite allotransplantation of the face. However, psychosocial functioning of the partner …

Background Recipient selection is an important determinant of surgical outcomes in facial
transplantation (FT). Appropriately, each FT program develops their own guidelines for …

Background: Currently, there are more than 40 cases of facial allotransplantation performed
by 13 different groups in 10 countries. Although it has become a potential option to …

Composite tissue allotransplantion has been the latest addition to reconstructive plastic
surgery of limbs and faces. These techniques have opened up a new paradigm in …

Background: Devastating fourth-degree electrical injuries to the face and head pose
significant reconstructive challenges. To date, there have been few peer-reviewed articles in …

There have been three deaths in the first 32 cases of facial transplantation (9.4%), two cases
of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in the first 20 face transplant recipients (10%) …

Sensitization describes the acquired ability of the immune system to react to foreign human
leukocyte antigens (HLA) by producing antibodies and developing memory cells. In the field …