2023
Facial Expression after Face Transplant: An International Face Transplant Cohort Comparison
Dorante M, Wang A, Kollar B, Perry B, Ertosun M, Lindford A, Kiukas E, Özkan Ö, Özkan Ö, Lassus P, Pomahac B. Facial Expression after Face Transplant: An International Face Transplant Cohort Comparison. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2023, 152: 315e-325e. PMID: 36727808, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000010242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFT patientsHealthy controlsMotor function restorationMotor functionFace transplantFunction restorationAge-matched healthy controlsCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELInterpositional nerve graftFull face transplantRespective healthy controlsMotor outcomeNerve coaptationFemale patientsNerve graftsPatientsPercentage restorationCohort comparisonFacial proceduresBilateral testsTransplantScore valuesFacial movements
2020
Indications for and Outcomes of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Other Rhinologic Surgery After Facial Transplant
Haug V, Yamasaki A, Fullerton Z, Maxfield A, Pomahac B, Bergmark R, Annino D. Indications for and Outcomes of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Other Rhinologic Surgery After Facial Transplant. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2020, 146: 669-671. PMID: 32525516, PMCID: PMC7290693, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0774.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Pediatric face transplantation
Dorante M, Tasigiorgos S, Pomahac B. Pediatric face transplantation. Current Opinion In Organ Transplantation 2018, 23: 598-604. PMID: 30080696, DOI: 10.1097/mot.0000000000000572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace transplantationPediatric hand transplantationImmunosuppression burdenRejection episodesDonor allograftsPatient demographicsPediatric patientsAppropriate patientsHand transplantationHand transplantTransplantationPediatric colleaguesPatientsYoung populationFace transplantSurgical innovationTransplantOutcomesInnovations in reconstructive microsurgery: Reconstructive transplantation
Kollar B, Tasigiorgos S, Dorante M, Carty M, Talbot S, Pomahac B. Innovations in reconstructive microsurgery: Reconstructive transplantation. Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2018, 118: 800-806. PMID: 30098294, DOI: 10.1002/jso.25147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReconstructive transplantationViable reconstructive optionPediatric transplantsUpper extremityLower extremitiesAbdominal wallReconstructive optionsAdditional proceduresReconstructive microsurgeryTransplantationFace transplantTransplantPresent review articleExtremitiesReview articlePatientsUterusNeck
2015
Facial transplantation
Wo L, Bueno E, Pomahac B. Facial transplantation. Current Opinion In Organ Transplantation 2015, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 26536422, DOI: 10.1097/mot.0000000000000253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive HIV statusHIV statusFace transplantComposite allotransplantationUpper extremity transplantsDonor-specific antigensHistory of malignancyLatent viral infectionFacial transplantationChronic rejectionSimultaneous transplantationAbsolute contraindicationCase reportCurrent guidelinesFacial injuriesViral infectionTransplantTransplantationMedical teamAllotransplantationFirst face transplantFace transplantationFacial allotransplantationPatientsPsychological healthManagement of Steroid-resistant Late Acute Cellular Rejection Following Face Transplantation: A Case Report
Janis J, MacKenzie K, Wright S, Pomahac B, Lu C, Susa J, Wada S, Vazquez M, Chong T, Tullius S. Management of Steroid-resistant Late Acute Cellular Rejection Following Face Transplantation: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings 2015, 47: 223-225. PMID: 25645808, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.152.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Hand transplants and the mandate for tolerance
Koulmanda M, Pomahac B, Fan Z, Murphy G, Strom T. Hand transplants and the mandate for tolerance. Current Opinion In Organ Transplantation 2014, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 25373855, PMCID: PMC4352932, DOI: 10.1097/mot.0000000000000138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHand transplantationIL-2Hand transplantLow-dose IL-2IL-2-based therapyBalance of immunityDrug-free toleranceRegulatory T cellsUse of immunosuppressionRecent clinical trialsLife-long immunosuppressionInduction of toleranceNonhuman primate modelShort-term treatmentDrug minimizationPosttransplant periodInflammatory processClinical trialsPrimate modelT cellsPreclinical demonstrationComposite allograftsAdverse inflammationTransplantationTransplant
2012
Craniofacial Principles in Face Transplantation
Caterson E, Diaz-Siso J, Shetye P, Junker J, Bueno E, Soga S, Rybicki F, Pomahac B. Craniofacial Principles in Face Transplantation. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2012, 23: 1234-1238. PMID: 22948648, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0b013e318252d406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkull baseFace transplantationFace transplantFace transplant recipientsSella-nasion planeSoft tissue elementsTransplant recipientsAirway functionDonor allograftsAnatomical restorationUpper airwayCraniofacial principlesPostoperative analysisNormal anatomyTransplantationFrankfort horizontal planeSoft tissueHard tissue componentsFunctional effectsCephalometric parametersOrthognathic planningTissue elementsTransplantNormative dataTissue componentsPerioperative Management of Face Transplantation
Edrich T, Cywinski J, Colomina M, López I, Xiong L, Sedaghati A, Pomahac B, Gilton A. Perioperative Management of Face Transplantation. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2012, 115: 668-670. PMID: 22523417, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3182554493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial allograft transplantationAllograft transplantationBlood lossPacked red blood cellsFace transplantRapid blood lossMedian durationPerioperative managementRed blood cellsSurgical preparationTransplantationLong anaestheticsBlood cellsFace transplantationAnesthesiaTransplantAnesthesiologistsSmall anatomical structuresAnatomical structuresReperfusionPatientsSurgeryGraftAnestheticsCrystalloidsThe Brigham and Women's Hospital Face Transplant Program
Singhal D, Pribaz J, Pomahac B. The Brigham and Women's Hospital Face Transplant Program. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2012, 129: 81e-88e. PMID: 22186587, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0b013e31823621db.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Three Patients with Full Facial Transplantation
Pomahac B, Pribaz J, Eriksson E, Bueno E, Diaz-Siso J, Rybicki F, Annino D, Orgill D, Caterson E, Caterson S, Carty M, Chun Y, Sampson C, Janis J, Alam D, Saavedra A, Molnar J, Edrich T, Marty F, Tullius S. Three Patients with Full Facial Transplantation. New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 366: 715-722. PMID: 22204672, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1111432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFull face transplantFull facial transplantationFacial transplantationAcute rejectionPostoperative complicationsSensory nervesSevere deformityFunctional restorationPatientsSingle episodeFacial allograftTransplantationFacial appearanceConventional reconstructionComplicationsAllograftsNerveGlucocorticoidsTransplantDeformityCoaptationMonths