2024
Immunosuppressive strategies in face and hand transplantation: a comprehensive systematic review of current therapy regimens and outcomes
Huelsboemer L, Boroumand S, Kochen A, Dony A, Moscarelli J, Hauc S, Stögner V, Formica R, Pomahac B, Kauke-Navarro M. Immunosuppressive strategies in face and hand transplantation: a comprehensive systematic review of current therapy regimens and outcomes. Frontiers In Transplantation 2024, 3: 1366243. PMID: 38993787, PMCID: PMC11235358, DOI: 10.3389/frtra.2024.1366243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCMV infectionImmunosuppressive regimensImmunosuppressive strategiesTransplant recipientsIncidence of rejection episodesClinical CMV infectionTriple maintenance therapyIncidence of rejectionEpisodes of rejectionIndividualized immunosuppressive regimensEffective immunosuppressive therapySystematic reviewFace transplant patientsHand transplant recipientsHand transplantationFacial graftImmunosuppressive therapyMaintenance therapyRejection episodesFacial mucosaGraft lossGraft rejectionTherapy regimensTransplant patientsRenal failure
2022
Cytomegalovirus-related Complications and Management in Facial Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: An International Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Kauke-Navarro M, Panayi AC, Formica R, Marty F, Parikh N, Foroutanjazi S, Safi AF, Mardini S, Razonable RR, Morelon E, Gelb B, Rodriguez E, Lassus P, Pomahac B. Cytomegalovirus-related Complications and Management in Facial Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: An International Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Transplantation 2022, 106: 2031-2043. PMID: 35389381, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000004132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrospective cohort studyAntiviral prophylaxisCohort studyComposite allotransplantationInternational multicenter retrospective cohort studyMulticenter retrospective cohort studyCMV-related complicationsFirst year posttransplantHigh-risk transplantsMore rejection episodesHigh-risk groupFacial Vascularized Composite AllotransplantationAllograft-related complicationsVascularized Composite AllotransplantationPaucity of dataAllograft lossCMV diseaseCMV viremiaCytomegalovirus serostatusR serostatusRejection episodesCMV infectionPrompt treatmentActive surveillancePatients
2016
Guillain–Barré syndrome associated with resistant cytomegalovirus infection after face transplantation
Alhefzi M, Aycart M, Bueno E, Kueckelhaus M, Fischer S, Snook R, Sharfuddin A, Hadad I, Malla P, Amato A, Pomahac B, Marty F. Guillain–Barré syndrome associated with resistant cytomegalovirus infection after face transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease 2016, 18: 288-292. PMID: 26910286, DOI: 10.1111/tid.12516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuillain-Barré syndromeLower extremity paresthesiasResistant cytomegalovirus infectionLower extremity weaknessSensorimotor axonal polyneuropathyExtremity weaknessIntravenous immunoglobulinAxonal polyneuropathyCMV infectionCytomegalovirus infectionExtremity paresthesiasImmune controlAxonal formTransplantationFacial allograftFace transplantationElectrophysiological evidenceMonthsSyndromeInfectionParesthesiaPolyneuropathyAllograftsRecurrenceCMV