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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Total face transplantation may become a reconstructive option in the treatment of patients with acquired facial deformity. Here, 2 face-harvesting techniques are presented in a fresh human cadaver model. In technique 1, the skin and soft tissue of the face is harvested by dissecting in a subgaleal, sub-SMAS, subplatysmal plane. In technique 2, the entire soft tissue and the bony structures of the midface are harvested by dissecting in a subperiosteal plane and performing a Le Fort III osteotomy. Each face was harvested successfully as a bipedicled flap based on the external carotid arteries, the external jugular veins, and the facial veins. Each of these 2 techniques is a theoretically viable approach to face harvest for composite allograft transplantation. These techniques represent the 2 extremes of which tissues can be harvested while maintaining vascular integrity. Each will address different reconstructive needs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0148-7043
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
483-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Technical and anatomical considerations of face harvest in face transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3181, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article