2024
Long-term Posttransplant-Related Bone Volumetric Changes in Eight Face Transplant Recipients – a Single Center Retrospective Case Series
Huelsboemer L, Boroumand S, Boroumand T, Vafa A, Parikh N, Chiarella L, Knoedler L, Stögner V, Hung P, Sadigh S, Haykal S, Pomahac B, Kauke-Navarro M. Long-term Posttransplant-Related Bone Volumetric Changes in Eight Face Transplant Recipients – a Single Center Retrospective Case Series. Journal Of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.11.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacial vascularized composite allograftBone volume changesBone volumeChronic rejection processRetrospective case seriesComputed tomography scanBone volume lossWilcoxon rank sum testNative boneSignificant median decreaseBone volume stabilityRank sum testFace transplant recipientsBone remodeling ratesVascularized composite allograftsChronic immunosuppressionTooth lossTransplant recipientsAllograft cohortCase seriesTomography scanVolume lossMedian decreaseMedical comorbiditiesHistopathological analysis
2015
Transformation of Face Transplants: Volumetric and Morphologic Graft Changes Resemble Aging After Facial Allotransplantation
Kueckelhaus M, Turk M, Kumamaru K, Wo L, Bueno E, Lian C, Alhefzi M, Aycart M, Fischer S, De Girolami U, Murphy G, Rybicki F, Pomahac B. Transformation of Face Transplants: Volumetric and Morphologic Graft Changes Resemble Aging After Facial Allotransplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2015, 16: 968-978. PMID: 26639618, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesFacial allograftFacial allotransplantationSuperior long-term outcomesShort-term resultsRisk-benefit assessmentSoft tissue volumeSignificant volume lossTransplant recipientsVolume lossDiagnostic evaluationDonor selectionMuscle biopsyHistological evaluationComputed tomographyBone atrophyAllograftsFuture clinical routineNormal anatomyRecipient tissuesAllotransplantationClinical routineMorphometric changesSoft tissueMuscle fibers