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. 2021 Jun;68(6):868-875.
doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-01940-4. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Face transplantation: anesthesia and other organizational considerations

Marie-Eve Bélanger  1 , Daniel E Borsuk  2 , Ariane Clairoux  3 , Louis-Philippe Fortier  3 , Anh Nguyen  3 , Mihai Georgescu  3 , Philippe Richebé  3 , Issam Tanoubi  3 , Olivier Verdonck  3 , Quentin Gobert  3
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Face transplantation: anesthesia and other organizational considerations

Marie-Eve Bélanger et al. Can J Anaesth. 2021 Jun.

Abstract
in English, French

In 2005, the first facial vascularized composite allotransplant was performed in France. In May 2018, our team at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, had the privilege to participate in the first facial transplant in Canada. Interdisciplinary collaboration, coordination, and communication formed the cornerstone of this medical undertaking and, ultimately, its success. This report details the anesthetic and organizational considerations of our experience.

RéSUMé: En 2005, la première allogreffe de tissu composite vascularisée faciale était réalisée en France. En mai 2018, notre équipe à l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, à Montréal, au Québec, a eu le privilège de participer à la première greffe faciale au Canada. La collaboration, la coordination et la communication interdisciplinaires ont constitué les pierres angulaires de ce projet médical et, ultimement, de son succès. Ce compte-rendu détaille les considérations anesthésiques et organisationnelles de notre expérience.

Keywords: craniofacial surgery; multidisciplinarity; transplantation.

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Recipient prior to face transplant
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Operating room organization *Organ donor
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Anesthesiologists’ rotation schedule
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Recipient immediately after facial transplantation
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Recipient after facial transplantation
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