Laryngeal transplantation. The future.
The ethics, justification, history, future, and rejection of laryngeal transplantation are examined in this article. The authors believe that laryngeal transplantation will be a viable alternative for a select group of patients before the end of this century.
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Joint Center for Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007830:Larynx / Q000637:transplantation*