title: Transplantation of composite tissue allograft: scientific bases and clinical applications.
abstract: Plastic surgery is by excellence a surgery in permanent search for new reconstructive options. In the last 50 years researches in the field of allotransplantation led to obtaining promising results for solving difficult cases when autologous tissues are not available for reconstruction, despite all the bioethical issues of this subject. This field of composite tissue transplantation evolved constantly, the top of it being total face transplantation, successfully accomplished while being based on the knowledge accumulated. There are many clinical applications of CTA, hand transplantation or only flexor tendon apparatus, lower limb, partial or complete face transplantations represent the most important part for us, plastic surgeons for obtaining the best reconstruction possible.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, "Sf. Ioan" Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest. giugleacarmen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giuglea
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinescu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Florescu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lascar
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D054445:Facial Transplantation; D063987:Hand Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D014180:Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
keywords: allotransplantation; composite tissue allografts; face transplantation; hand transplantation