Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the techinical challenges of face transplants versus hand transplants, citing the difficulty of the third dimension when transplanting the face.
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Tobin GR, Breidenbach WC 3rd, Pidwell DJ, Ildstad ST, Ravindra KV. Transplantation of the hand, face, and composite structures: evolution and current status. Clin Plast Surg. 2007 Apr;34(2):271-8, ix-x. Review.
Morris P, Bradley A, Doyal L, Earley M, Hagen P, Milling M, Rumsey N. Face transplantation: a review of the technical, immunological, psychological and clinical issues with recommendations for good practice. Transplantation. 2007 Jan 27;83(2):109-28. Review.
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