Feasibility and Perception of Cross-sex Face Transplantation to Expand the Donor Pool

Background:. A major challenge in face transplantation (FT) is the limited donor allograft pool. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of cross-sex FT (CSFT) for donor pool expansion by: (1) comparing craniomaxillofacial metrics following CSFT versus same-sex FT (SSFT); and (2) evaluating...

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Main Authors: Michael Sosin, MD, Isabel S. Robinson, MD, Gustave K. Diep, MD, Allyson R. Alfonso, BS, BA, Samantha G. Maliha, MD, Daniel J. Ceradini, MD, Jamie P. Levine, MD, David A. Staffenberg, MD, Pierre B. Saadeh, MD, Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-09-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003100