Patient Recruitment and Referral Patterns in Face Transplantation
Kiwanuka H, Aycart M, Bueno E, Alhefzi M, Krezdorn N, Pomahac B. Patient Recruitment and Referral Patterns in Face Transplantation. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2016, 138: 224-231. PMID: 27348655, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000002268.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReferral patternsPhysician referralPatient recruitmentFace transplantationDemographic characteristicsShort-term resultsClinical trial statusPatient characteristicsTransplantation centersRetrospective reviewAuthors' centerClinical trialsImmediate exclusionAesthetic deficitsPhysician educationAverage ageBurn communityTrial statusProtocol approvalRelationship of characteristicsTransplantationReferralUnited StatesAreas of improvementInjury