The Brigham and Women's Hospital face transplant program: a look back

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jan;129(1):81e-88e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31823621db.

Abstract

With five face transplants now successfully completed in the United States, the authors look back at their experience with the first face transplant performed in their program. They discuss the process of establishing a face transplant program, the clinical case, and the lessons learned.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Boston
  • Burns / surgery
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Donor Selection
  • Facial Injuries / surgery
  • Facial Transplantation* / methods
  • Hospitals, Urban
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Postoperative Care
  • Surgery Department, Hospital / organization & administration
  • Transplantation, Homologous