[Reconstructive surgery and face transplants, reconstruction or creation?].
Twenty patients across the world have received a face transplant. A research protocol approved by the French national consultative committee of ethics in 2002 has enabled 9 transplants to take place in France. After these operations, the technical and relational care provided to the transplant patients helps them reconstruct an image of themselves.
Cadré de Santé, Service de Chirurgie Plastique Reconstructrice et Esthétique, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil.
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Mardoyan
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D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D054445:Facial Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000601:surgery; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care