Saving faces

Abstract

This article was solicited and has been peer reviewed.

The Ethics of Facial Allotransplantation: A Systematic Review

“…The most frequent addressed themes under the principles were risk of immunosuppression or rejection (n = 88, 59.5%), 1–3,7,10–12,14,16–19,22,23,25,29–41,43–56,58–64,66,67,69,71,72,75–79,81,83–85,87–92,95,97,100,102–106,108–112,114,115,117–119,121 followed by informed consent or donor family consent (n = 67,45.3%), 1–3,5,12,14,15,23,25,27,28,32,34,35,38–41,44,46,48,49,53,56,58,61,63–66,69–74,80,82–84,88,94,97,100–105,107,111,116,117,120,121,130,131,133,136,138,141–143,145,147,149 facial tissue donation and restoration (n = 49, 32.9%), 2,11,14,…”