title: Lessons learned from simultaneous face and bilateral hand allotransplantation.
abstract: The performance of simultaneous vascularized composite allotransplantation procedures on patients requiring both the face and bilateral hands remains controversial. The authors present their separate institutional experiences with this challenging procedure in the interests of dispelling misconceptions regarding this intervention and forwarding their understanding of the issues related to concomitant vascularized composite allotransplantation.
  
  
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  Therapeutic, V.
authors.affiliation: Jamaica Plain, Mass.; and Paris, France From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Faulkner Hospital; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital European Georges Pompidou; and Université René Descartes.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carty
authors.forename: Mikaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hivelin
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontier
authors.forename: Simon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: Marc David
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Benjoar
authors.forename: Julian J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pribaz
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lantieri
authors.forename: Bohdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pomahac
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000601:surgery; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous