Benghiac Ana-Gabriela, Garrett Jeremy R, Carter Brian S
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
Bioethics Center, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Nov;21(7). doi: 10.1111/petr.13032. Epub 2017 Aug 28.
Facial transplantation has become a reality in adult medicine. Children are subject to congenital craniofacial differences, disease-related, traumatic, or thermochemical craniofacial changes and might be suitable for face transplantation. This manuscript addresses unique ethical issues in considering potential pediatric face transplant. These challenges are operant at the individual, technologic, and psychosocial level for clinicians, investigators, and society.
面部移植在成人医学领域已成为现实。儿童会出现先天性颅面差异、与疾病相关的、创伤性的或热化学性的颅面变化，可能适合进行面部移植。本文探讨了在考虑潜在的儿童面部移植时所面临的独特伦理问题。这些挑战在临床医生、研究人员和社会的个人、技术及社会心理层面都存在。
