[Review on progress of facial allotransplantation].
OBJECTIVE
To review the current progress of human facial allotransplantation in China and the


METHODS
The recent literature concerned with human facial allotransplantation was extensively other countries.


RESULTS
According to the literature reviewed, the main issues could be divided into reviewed and briefly summarized. four categories: technical aspects, immunological aspects, psychological and social issues ethical and legal problems related to facial allotransplantation. However, because of the complexity of the human facial allotransplantation, which involved many problems related to immunity, psychology, society, ethics, etc., there was much controversy in this field.


CONCLUSIONS
In spite of the existent problems, facial allotransplantation in humans has still benefited the patient whose face is severely disfigured.
Li
Yuping
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200011, P R China. liyuping0710@yahoo.com.cn
Li
Qingfeng
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Zhang
Disheng
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D054445:Facial Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016378:Tissue Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous