Operative Surgical Procedures

Seoul National University, Medical Department reports research in operative surgical procedures

Published in Blood Weekly, July 15th, 2010

According to a study from South Korea, "Facial composite tissue allograft transplantation represents a novel frontier in the reconstruction of complex human facial defects. To develop more refined surgical techniques and yield fine results, it is definite to make a suitable animal model."

"Rabbit is a medium-sized animal and considered to have many advantages than any other animal, but published reports are very few and contain less detailed description. We made an easy and accessible facial transplantation approach and tried to ascertain its virtue of use as an appropriate transplantation model. The facial-scalp flap including ipsilateral ear was harvested and...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-07-15)

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