Face to Face A Short History of Face Transplantation /

• Main Author: Siemionow, Maria (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Medicine .; Health.; Surgical transplantation.; Plastic surgery.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Transplant Surgery.; Plastic Surgery.

This book creatively communicates the human and professional sides of the journey to the first ever near total face transplant, the response to this milestone in the medical community, and the effect it has had on the individuals involved. It focuses on the evolution of Professor Maria Siemionow as...

Table of Contents:

• First Sutures
• Anatomy Lessons
• First Clinical Experiences
• Of Scalpels and Family
• Becoming a Microsurgeon
• The Face is Different from the Heart
• Louisville Fellows
• Travels in America
• Ethics
• The Candidate
• Preparing and Waiting
• The First Patient
• 30 Patients Later.