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  • Title: ["Facial graft": about the first facial allotransplantation of composite tissues].
    Author: Lengelé BG, Testelin S, Dakpe S, Carton S, Beziat JL, Badet L, Morelon E, Dubernard JM, Devauchelle B.
    Journal: Ann Chir Plast Esthet; 2007 Oct; 52(5):475-84. PubMed ID: 17719713.
    Abstract:
    The first facial allograft was realised in Amiens 2005 November 27th. Breaking the technical limits of the so called possible and in appearance transgressing some cultural forbidden in organ transplantation, this resolutely innovative intervention open more than new perspective in the surgery of the reconstruction after disfigurement, but also a wide field of scientific investigations about dynamic and meaning of the facial function. Obviously, it also deals with numerous ethical and medical problems. The authors here shortly described the technical points of the surgery firstly done to restore oral function and facial expressively, the principles of the immunosuppressive treatment built to control any rejection time episode and the anatomical, neurological and functional results obtained after more than 18 months follow-up. Those perfectly demonstrate the perfect morphological, dynamic and cortical integration of the graft in the recomposed face. They also allow to confirm the legitimacy of the surgical indication and to oppose the factual objective arguments to the ethical reticences dealing with the facial and psychological identity of the receptor.
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