Facial Transplantation in a Nationalized Health System: The Canadian Experience.

ABSTRACT: Facial transplantation (FT) is recognized as the ultimate reconstruction for severely disfigured patients. The substantial cost of these procedures in a nationalized health system has not been extensively published. The first Canadian FT performed in May 2018 was a great opportunity to address this subject and evaluate the viability of such a program.

Methods

A detailed patient chart review was performed and a cost per unit approach was used to estimate the procedure cost. The preoperative, operative, and the postoperative periods up to 1-year after the surgery were analyzed. Financial support from private sponsors and Hospital Fund donations were considered. The literature on international FT and national solid organ transplantation was reviewed.

Results

The overall 1-year c

SUBMITTER: Lorquet E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7858577 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature