2015
Noninvasive Monitoring of Immune Rejection in Face Transplant Recipients
Kueckelhaus M, Imanzadeh A, Fischer S, Kumamaru K, Alhefzi M, Bueno E, Wake N, Gerhard-Herman M, Rybicki F, Pomahac B. Noninvasive Monitoring of Immune Rejection in Face Transplant Recipients. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2015, 136: 1082-1089. PMID: 26505709, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000001703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsChronic rejectionCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELAllograft biopsy specimensTotal vessel diameterSolid organ allograftsAllograft lossOrgan allograftsPostsurgical monitoringFlap arteryControl subjectsBiopsy specimensIntimal thicknessClinical signsRadial arteryThicker intimaUltrasound biomicroscopyFacial arteryMedia thicknessHistologic analysisImmune rejectionArteryRecipientsInterobserver correlation
2011
Preoperative Vascular Mapping for Facial Allotransplantation
Soga S, Pomahac B, Mitsouras D, Kumamaru K, Powers S, Prior R, Signorelli J, Bueno E, Steigner M, Rybicki F. Preoperative Vascular Mapping for Facial Allotransplantation. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2011, 128: 883-891. PMID: 21921764, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0b013e3182268b43.Peer-Reviewed Original Research