Face transplantation : principles, techniques and artistry / Juan P. Barret, Veronica Tomasello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barret, Juan P., author.

Tomasello, Veronica, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Face--Transplantation.

Face.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustration

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This book brings together all the relevant available science behind face transplants. It is comprehensive in its coverage, encompassing patient and donor evaluation, ethics, legal issues, psychological issues, types of transplant, surgical technique, issues relating to immunosuppression, follow-up protocols, and current outcomes. Facial transplantation, which allows the replacement of missing anatomy with a perfect match based on transplant medicine principles, has become the most striking innovation in plastic surgery of the twenty-first century as surgeons and scientists progress from reconstructive surgery to restorative surgery. A robust team approach is, however, necessary to produce safe and efficient outcomes, and numerous questions are arising, from technical issues to ethical dilemmas. The reader will discover in this volume all the information required in order to understand this new discipline and to be able to set up a program of facial transplantation.

Contents:

Introduction and Background

History of the Face Transplantation

Composite Tissue Allotransplantation (CTA)

Indications of Facial Transplantation

Evaluation of the Candidate for Facial Transplantation

Evaluation of Donors

Legal, Ethical and Psychological Issues in Facial Transplantation

Face as an Organ: Functional Anatomy

Types of Face Transplants

Requirements for a Multidisciplinary Team

Surgical Technique of Facial Transplantation

Immunological Issues and Immunomodulation

An Overview of the World`s Global Experience.

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ISBN:

9783662454442

3662454440

3662454432

9783662454435

OCLC:

900633060

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