Face Transplantation

A self-explanatory procedure that was Hollywood fiction in 1997 (Face/Off, starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta, John Woo, director), and a reality 10 years later, with operations planned or already under team belts in France, US, UK and China
Indications Patients disfigured by trauma, including gunshot wound, maulings—dogs, bears—burns, birth defects, neurofibromatosis, etc.
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The field of face transplantation is young, and we are all learning about our interventions and their outcomes," Pomahac said.
Transplanted Face May Age Prematurely
29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Face transplantation can dramatically enhance a patient's quality of life after severe facial trauma, but lack of attention to eyelid function and vision can leave patients with impaired vision, corneal exposure, eyelid retraction that occurs when the upper or lower eyelid pulls away from the eyeball, and other eyelid-related complications.
For Facial Transplantation Patients, Blink Assessment Is Essential to Protect Long-Term Vision
The country is 3rd in the world with regard to liver, bone marrow, kidney and face transplantation operations.
Hundreds of Successful Organ Transplants Performed at Kent Hospital in Turkey
Kaya's surgery became the seventh face transplantation performed in Turkey in the past two years.
Seventh face transplant successfully completed
Once viewed as an "outlandish morally objectionable" concept with science-fiction overtones, face transplantation is now accepted as a "feasible and necessary treatment" for severely disfigured patients.
United States : Ethical Debate on Face Transplantation Has Evolved Over Time, Reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
But, we need a long-term strategic plan for solving the problems that face transplantation in the United States.
What about the patients?
In case of face transplantation, facial tissue from a donor is transferred to reconstruct the defect, restore essential life-sustaining functions like breathing, chewing and speaking and, above all, re-establish normal human appearance.
Integrated 3-D imaging brings new hope to facial injury victims
In the future, Mayo Clinic plans to expand to include face transplantation, which will complement Mayo Clinic's existing facial reconstructive surgery program for complex deformities of the face caused by congenital issues, trauma and illness.
Mayo Clinic Receives $10 Million Gift from Saudi Patient
In a statement, the RCS said: "The College still has grave concerns about face transplantation, and will continue to advocate a cautious approach, but in the light of research over the last three years, and more recent evidence, the working party will suggest minimum requirements that must be fulfilled before a unit or institution should contemplate undertaking facial transplantation.
Green light for first UK face transplant
The RCS said: "The college still have grave concerns about face transplantation.
FACE TO FACE; World-first op given go-ahead in the UK
In a statement, the RCS said, 'The College still has grave concerns about face transplantation, and will continue to advocate a cautious approach, but in the light of research over the last three years, and more recent evidence, the working party will suggest minimum requirements that must be fulfilled before a unit or institution should contemplate undertaking facial transplantation.
British surgeons given go-ahead for the first full-face transplant
of Cape Town, South Africa) compiles a group of 13 essays by internationally based scholars in medical ethics, law, health policy, and philosophy, who weigh the harms, benefits, and ethics involving morally contested surgeries: male circumcision, female genital cutting, sex assignment and reassignment, conjoined twins separation, limb and face transplantation, and cosmetic and placebo surgeries.
Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries
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