León Xavier, Pujol Albert, López Montserrat, García Jacinto, Pons Gemma, Sañudo José Ramón, Masià Jaume, Quer Miquel
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2008 Mar;59(3):127-38.
The time and space devoted recently in the mass media to the transplantation of non-vital organs, such as the hands or the face, have raised questions in our patients regarding the possibility of transplanting the larynx, an essential organ for communication. The main barriers to larynx transplantation are tissue viability of the transplanted organ, immunological tolerance and functional restoration. This review of the literature aims to update the compendium of knowledge about this procedure and to explore the prospects of larynx transplantation as a viable therapeutic option.
最近大众媒体对诸如手或面部等非重要器官移植的大量报道，引发了我们患者对于喉移植可能性的疑问，喉是交流的重要器官。喉移植的主要障碍包括移植器官的组织活力、免疫耐受和功能恢复。这篇文献综述旨在更新关于该手术的知识概要，并探讨喉移植作为一种可行治疗选择的前景。
