Transplantation Between Monozygotic Twins

When Is It Appropriate to Put a Live Donor at Risk to Help Another Patient?

“…A review of the literature identified numerous reports of MZS skin grafting, although only 5 of 18 published articles discussed ethics, and the 16 articles with multiple patients mostly focused on pediatric cases and revolved around the issue of informed consent. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Only one article addressed multiple complex ethical issues in a pediatric case. 15 Here, we discuss clinical indications and ethical challenges relevant to MZS skin grafting in the case scenario involving a pediatric patient.…”

Transplantation in Breast Reconstruction

“…Since Dr. Murray's groundbreaking research, transplantation has been used for organs other than the kidney. Examples of tissue transplantation between identical twins have followed in the case of pancreatic transplants, 3 full-thickness skin grafts, 4 scalp transfers, [5][6][7] prepuce, 8 and bladder mucosal 9 transplants in hypospadias repair and bone marrow transplants for hematologic neoplasia. [10][11][12][13][14] The precedent set by previous free tissue transfers be-tween identical twins has led to the procedure described subsequently.…”