Back زراعة الوجه Arabic Trasplantament de cara Catalan Gesichtstransplantation German Μεταμόσχευση προσώπου Greek Trasplante de cara Spanish Kasvojensiirto Finnish Greffe de visage French השתלת פנים HE Transplantasi wajah ID Andlitságræðsla Icelandic
| Face transplant | |
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 Face transplant recipient Jim Maki (left) with plastic surgeon Bohdan Pomahač | |
| MeSH | D054445 |
A face transplant is a medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face using tissue from a donor. Part of a field called "Vascularized Composite Tissue Allotransplantation" (VCA) it involves the transplantation of facial skin, the nasal structure, the nose, the lips, the muscles of facial movement used for expression, the nerves that provide sensation, and, potentially, the bones that support the face. The recipient of a face transplant will take life-long medications to suppress the immune system and fight off rejection.[1]
The world's first partial face transplant on a living human was carried out in France in 2005.[2] The world's first full face transplant was completed in Spain in 2010.[3] Turkey,[4] France, the United States, and Spain (in order of total number of successful face transplants performed) are considered the leading countries in the research into the procedure.[2]
- ^ "Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Research". American Society of Transplantation. 10 June 2011.
- ^ a b Rifkin, William J.; David, Joshua A.; Plana, Natalie M.; Kantar, Rami S.; Diaz-Siso, J. Rodrigo; Gelb, Bruce E.; Ceradini, Daniel J.; Rodriguez, Eduardo D. (August 2018). "Achievements and Challenges in Facial Transplantation". Annals of Surgery. 268 (2): 260–270. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000002723. ISSN 1528-1140. PMID 29489486. S2CID 3708407.
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