Perioperative management of partial face transplantation involving a heparin antibody-positive donor
Edrich T, Pomahac B, Lu J, Couper G, Gerner P. Perioperative management of partial face transplantation involving a heparin antibody-positive donor. Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 2011, 23: 318-321. PMID: 21663819, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2010.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical historyFace transplantationAntibody-positive donorsPartial face transplantationDonor's medical historyAlternative anticoagulationFull heparinizationSevere strokeImmunologic conditionsPerioperative managementCardiac surgeryPossible complicationsAnesthesia teamTransplantationDonorsAnticoagulationThrombocytopeniaComplicationsThrombosisSurgeryHeparinizationStroke