An Update on the Survival of the First 50 Face Transplants Worldwide.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since 2005, a total of 50 face transplants have been reported from 18 centers in 11 countries. The overall survival of the grafts has not yet been established.

Objective

To assess the survival of the face transplant grafts and evaluate factors potentially influencing it.

Design, setting, and participants

Data on all the transplants included in this multicenter cohort study were collected at participating transplant centers for updated nonpublished data, supplemented with literature review for nonparticipating centers. Data from 2005 until September 2023, were included. Data were analyzed from November 11, 2005, through September 18, 2023. Patients included the first 50 patients in the world to have received a face transplant.

Exposure

Face transplant

SUBMITTER: Homsy P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411447 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature