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Reported transplantation of the central and lower face and the recipient’s surgical, rejection, sensory, functional and psychological course during the first four months.
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The record is the exact eight-author 2006 Lancet early report. It concerns one recipient with four months of follow-up; longer-term outcomes, donor and recipient privacy, subsequent face transplants and universal safety or efficacy claims remain separate.
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- PubMed record for First human face allograft: early report
- Lancet DOI record for the first human face allograft early report
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People and systems
Bernard Devauchelle; Lionel Badet; Benoît Lengelé; Emmanuel Morelon; Sylvie Testelin; Mauricette Michallet; Cédric D'Hauthuille; Jean-Michel Dubernard
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Documented countries / regions: France, Belgium
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Devauchelle and colleagues: first human face allograft early report
Reported transplantation of the central and lower face and the recipient’s surgical, rejection, sensory, functional and psychological course during the first four months.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact eight-author 2006 Lancet early report. It concerns one recipient with four months of follow-up; longer-term outcomes, donor and recipient privacy, subsequent face transplants and universal safety or efficacy claims remain separate.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Bernard Devauchelle; Lionel Badet; Benoît Lengelé; Emmanuel Morelon; Sylvie Testelin; Mauricette Michallet; Cédric D'Hauthuille; Jean-Michel Dubernard
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.