Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Dec 1;148(6):1090e-1092e.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008537.

More Facetime: An Emerging Role for Telemedicine in Facial Transplantation

Rachel M Howard  1 , Jorge Trilles, Laura L Kimberly, Zoe P Berman, Gustave K Diep, Daniel Boczar, Ricardo Rodriguez Colon, Eduardo D Rodriguez
Affiliations

More Facetime: An Emerging Role for Telemedicine in Facial Transplantation

Rachel M Howard et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. National data. Updated September 6, 2020. Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/view-data-reports/national-data/ . Accessed September 7, 2020.
    1. Kantar R, Alfonso AR, Ramly EP, et al. Incidence of preventable nonfatal craniofacial injuries and implications for facial transplantation. J Craniofac Surg. 2019;30:2023–2025.
    1. Whitehead E, Dorfman V, Tremper G, Kramer A, Sigler A, Gosman A. Telemedicine as a means of effective speech evaluation for patients with cleft palate. Ann Plast Surg. 2012;68:415–417.
    1. Rifkin WJ, Manjunath A, Kimberly LL, et al. Long-distance care of face transplant recipients in the United States. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018;71:1383–1391.
    1. Lee TC, Kaiser TE, Alloway R, Woodle ES, Edwards MJ, Shah SA. Telemedicine based remote home monitoring after liver transplantation: Results of a randomized prospective trial. Ann Surg. 2019;270:564–572.