"Facial Transplantation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The transference between individuals of the entire face or major facial structures. In addition to the skin and cartilaginous tissue (CARTILAGE), it may include muscle and bone as well.
| Descriptor ID |
D054445
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.936.450.825.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Facial Transplantation- Facial Transplantation
- Facial Transplantations
- Transplantation, Facial
- Transplantations, Facial
- Face Transplantation
- Face Transplantations
- Transplantation, Face
- Transplantations, Face
- Facial Transplant
- Facial Transplants
- Transplant, Facial
- Transplants, Facial
- Face Transplant
- Face Transplants
- Transplant, Face
- Transplants, Face
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Transplantation" by people in Profiles.
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Early Microchimerism After Face Transplantation Detected by Quantitative Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction of Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms. Transplantation. 2015 Jul; 99(7):e44-5.
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Infused Bone Marrow Fails to Prevent Vascularized Composite Allograft Rejection in Nonhuman Primates. Am J Transplant. 2015 Jul; 15(7):2011-2.
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Facial transplantation: the first 9 years. Lancet. 2014 Dec 13; 384(9960):2153-63.
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Algorithm for total face and multiorgan procurement from a brain-dead donor. Am J Transplant. 2013 Oct; 13(10):2743-9.
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Histopathology of chronic rejection in a nonhuman primate model of vascularized composite allotransplantation. Transplantation. 2013 May 27; 95(10):1204-10.
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Total face, double jaw, and tongue transplantation: an evolutionary concept. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Feb; 131(2):241-251.
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Total face, double jaw, and tongue transplant research procurement: an educational model. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Oct; 130(4):824-834.
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Autologous alternatives to facial transplantation. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2012 Jan; 28(1):49-61.
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Vascularized bone marrow-based immunosuppression inhibits rejection of vascularized composite allografts in nonhuman primates. Am J Transplant. 2011 Jul; 11(7):1407-16.
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Facial reconstruction by biosurgery: cell transplantation versus cell homing. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. 2010 Apr; 16(2):257-62.