A Retrospective Analysis of Secondary Revisions after Face Transplantation
Aycart M, Alhefzi M, Kueckelhaus M, Krezdorn N, Bueno E, Caterson E, Pribaz J, Pomahac B. A Retrospective Analysis of Secondary Revisions after Face Transplantation. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2016, 138: 690e-701e. PMID: 27673540, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000002605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree tissue transferSecondary revisionFace transplantationMedical recordsRetrospective analysisTissue transferCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELA Retrospective AnalysisDevastating facial injuriesSkin flap lossMedian time intervalAutologous free tissue transferPatients' medical recordsLocal tissue rearrangementAcute rejectionMaintenance immunosuppressionPulse steroidsPostoperative complicationsMajor infectionSuperficial musculoaponeurotic system plicationCertain patientsOperative reportsRevision surgeryFlap lossRevision proceduresA Mobile Extracorporeal Extremity Salvage System for Replantation and Transplantation
Kueckelhaus M, Fischer S, Sisk G, Kiwanuka H, Bueno E, Dermietzel A, Alhefzi M, Aycart M, Diehm Y, Pomahac B. A Mobile Extracorporeal Extremity Salvage System for Replantation and Transplantation. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2016, 76: 355-360. PMID: 26808757, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000000681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle damageLimb lossPerfusion deviceDeceased organ donorsIschemic muscle damageBilateral hind limbsPreferred treatmentBilateral limbsMuscle biopsyOrgan donorsTraumatic amputationHealthy limbPerfusion solutionReplantationArterial systemTransplantationHypoxic cellsPerfusate compositionHind limbPorcine limbsLimbSignificant differencesYorkshire pigsSalvage systemSimilar changes