Westvik Tormod S, Dermietzel Alexander, Pomahac Bohdan
From the *Telemark Hospital, Norway; †Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; ‡BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Germany.
Ann Plast Surg. 2015 May;74 Suppl 1:S2-8. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000525.
Since 2009, the face transplant team at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has performed 6 successful partial and full facial transplantations on carefully selected patients. The development of these techniques has led to a new era in facial reconstruction which now more correctly can be described as facial restoration. Besides the obvious facts of giving someone with a missing or severely disfigured face a new appearance, facial restoration has led to many other interesting observations in terms of immunologic models, airway functionality, sensory recovery and cerebral cortical functioning. In this article, we present an overview of our experience, and where we are today-also presenting some of the interesting avenues that have opened and will lead us further in the daunting experience of facial allotransplantation.
自2009年以来，波士顿布莱根妇女医院的面部移植团队已为精心挑选的患者成功实施了6例部分面部移植和全脸移植手术。这些技术的发展开创了面部重建的新纪元，如今更确切地说应称为面部修复。除了让面部缺失或严重毁容的人拥有新面貌这一显而易见的事实外，面部修复在免疫模型、气道功能、感觉恢复和大脑皮质功能等方面还带来了许多其他有趣的发现。在本文中，我们将概述我们的经验以及目前的进展情况，同时还将介绍一些已开启的有趣研究方向，这些方向将引领我们在艰巨的面部同种异体移植历程中不断前行。
