Face Transplantation Principles, Techniques and Artistry /

• Main Authors: Barret, Juan P. (Author), Tomasello, Veronica (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Plastic surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Plastic Surgery.; Transplant Surgery.

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 p...

Table of 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.