Featured Publications
Face Transplantation in a Black Patient — Racial Considerations and Early Outcomes
Kauke M, Panayi AC, Tchiloemba B, Diehm YF, Haug V, Kollar B, Perry B, Singhal D, Sinha I, Riella LV, Annino DJ, Pomahac B. Face Transplantation in a Black Patient — Racial Considerations and Early Outcomes. New England Journal Of Medicine 2021, 384: 1075-1076. PMID: 33730460, PMCID: PMC8182672, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2033961.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Long-term Outcomes After Facial Allotransplantation: Systematic Review of the Literature
Tchiloemba B, Kauke M, Haug V, Abdulrazzak O, Safi AF, Kollar B, Pomahac B. Long-term Outcomes After Facial Allotransplantation: Systematic Review of the Literature. Transplantation 2021, 105: 1869-1880. PMID: 33148976, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystematic reviewAcute cell-mediated rejectionPositive risk-benefit ratioRecurrent acute rejection episodesLong-term outcome dataAcute rejection episodesChronic vascular rejectionFirst year posttransplantImmunosuppression-related complicationsCell-mediated rejectionSingle-center experiencePubMed/MEDLINE databaseLong-term outcomesRisk-benefit ratioEnglish full-text articlesQuality of lifeFull-text articlesAcute rejectionAllograft lossChronic rejectionRejection episodesVascular rejectionInfectious complicationsInfectious episodesMetabolic complications
2019
Early and late-recorded predictors of health-related quality of life of burn patients on long-term follow-up
Gojowy D, Kauke M, Ohmann T, Homann HH, Mannil L. Early and late-recorded predictors of health-related quality of life of burn patients on long-term follow-up. Burns 2019, 45: 1300-1310. PMID: 31176508, DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2019.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignificant independent predictor variablesTotal body surface areaHealth-related qualityIndependent predictor variablesHospital stayMechanical ventilationHand functionGeneral populationSummary scoresBurn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) questionnaireGeneric Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaireThickness burnsSingle-center cross-sectional studyMultivariate analysisShort Form-36 questionnaireObserver Scar Assessment ScaleIntentional burn injuriesMean burn sizePhysical summary scoreMental component scoreMental summary scoresLong-term outcomesPrimary outcome variableNorm scoresBody surface area