2024
An Update on the Survival of the First 50 Face Transplants Worldwide
Homsy P, Huelsboemer L, Barret J, Blondeel P, Borsuk D, Bula D, Gelb B, Infante-Cossio P, Lantieri L, Mardini S, Morelon E, Nasir S, Papay F, Petruzzo P, Rodriguez E, Özkan Ö, Özmen S, Pomahac B, Lassus P. An Update on the Survival of the First 50 Face Transplants Worldwide. JAMA Surgery 2024, 159 PMID: 39292472, PMCID: PMC11411447, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.3748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverall survivalRejection episodesFace transplantationTransplanted graftsMedian follow-up timeAcute rejection episodesFollow-up timePredictors of survivalMulticenter cohort studyExtensive facial defectsEpisodes per yearLong-term survivalTransplant variablesFacial defectsNonpublished dataTransplant lossMedian numberFollow-upCohort studyReconstructive optionsPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesTransplant survivalTransplantationTransplant centers
2022
The Value of Upper Extremity, face, and uterus transplantation: A Summit Conference
Tintle S, Shores J, Azari K, Tzakis A, Dearden M, Porrett P, Johannesson L, McDiarmid S, Pomahac B, Levin L. The Value of Upper Extremity, face, and uterus transplantation: A Summit Conference. Orthoplastic Surgery 2022, 10: 41-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.orthop.2022.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVascular composite allotransplantationComposite allotransplantationUpper extremityUterus transplantationAmerican SocietyMajor transplant centersTransplant centersConsensus guidelinesTransplant surgeonsTransplantation communityReconstructive transplantationTransplantationAllotransplantationReproductive medicineUniformed Services UniversityExtremitiesUnited StatesPanel membersHealth SciencesServices UniversityBethesda MDContraindicationsSurgeons
2014
Fortschritte in der Gesichtstransplantation
Kueckelhaus M, Lehnhardt M, Fischer S, Eriksson E, Pomahac B, Hirsch T. Fortschritte in der Gesichtstransplantation. Handchirurgie · Mikrochirurgie · Plastische Chirurgie 2014, 46: 206-213. PMID: 25162238, DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1385850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascularised composite allotransplantationFace transplantationLife-threatening side effectsSolid organ transplantationDifferent transplant centersImmunosuppressive regimensMaintenance immunosuppressionVCA proceduresImmunosuppressive strategiesTransplant centersPatients' qualityLifelong immunosuppressionOrgan preservationSurgical techniqueOrgan transplantationComposite allograftsComposite allotransplantationSide effectsTransplantationFunctional reintegrationImmunosuppressionAnatomic structuresImmunogenic partFirst caseDifferent protocols