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Title: | Perioperative management of face transplantation: A survey |
Author: | Edrich, Thomas Cywinski, Jacek B. Colomina Soler, M. J. (María José) Jiménez López, Ignacio Xiong, Lize Sedaghati, Amir Pomahac, Bohdan Gilton, Alain |
Keywords: | Cirurgia Trasplantament d'òrgans Empelts de teixits Cara Transfusió de sang Surgery Transplantation of organs Tissue transplantation Face Blood transfusion |
Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Wolters Kluwer Health |
Abstract: | Background: Since the first facial allograft transplantation was reported in France in 2005, 18 cases have been performed in 4 countries and the rate is increasing. Methods: We have devised a survey to assess anesthesia-related management and rationale of facial allograft transplantation. It was sent to the lead anesthesiologists of the first 14 face transplants performed worldwide. Results: Responses were received corresponding to 13 face transplants. The median duration of surgery and anesthesia was 19 hours (95% confidence interval 15-23 hours). The surgical preparation and dissection of multiple small anatomical structures of the recipient was time-consuming for 11 cases. Blood loss was considerable. All patients received packed red blood cells (median 20 U, 95% confidence interval 5-28 U). A median of 13 L of crystalloid was administered (95% confidence interval 10-18 L). Conclusions: During facial allograft transplantation, the anesthesiologist must be prepared for a long anesthetic with rapid blood loss after reperfusion of the graft. Comment in Out on a limb with composite tissue allografts: expanding the immunology toolbox. [Anesth Analg. 2012] |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182554493 |
It is part of: | Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2012, vol. 115, num. 3, p. 668-670 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/107912 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182554493 |
ISSN: | 0003-2999 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) |
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