Surgical-allogeneic facial reconstruction: facial transplants.

• Main Authors: Marcelo Coelho Goiato (Author), Daniela Micheline Dos Santos (Author), Lisiane Cristina Bannwart (Author), Marcela Filié Haddad (Author), Leonardo Viana Pereira (Author), Aljomar José Vechiato Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Several factors including cancer, malformations and traumas may cause large facial mutilation. These functional and aesthetic deformities negatively affect the psychological perspectives and quality of life of the mutilated patient. Conventional treatments are prone to fail aesthetically and functio...