Indications for and Outcomes of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Other Rhinologic Surgery After Facial Transplant

Valentin Haug; Alisa Yamasaki; Zoe Fullerton; Alice Z Maxfield; Bohdan Pomahac; Regan W Bergmark; Donald Annino

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0774

Indications for and Outcomes of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Other Rhinologic Surgery After Facial Transplant

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jul 1;146(7):669-671. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0774.

Authors

Valentin Haug^{1

2}, Alisa Yamasaki^{3

4

5}, Zoe Fullerton¹, Alice Z Maxfield^{3

4}, Bohdan Pomahac¹, Regan W Bergmark^{3

4

6

7}, Donald Annino^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston.
⁶ Patient-Reported Outcomes, Value, and Experience (PROVE) Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This case series study seeks to identify and describe rhinologic procedures after facial transplants to assess the clinical and radiologic indications for intervention as well as the outcomes after intervention.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Endoscopy*
Facial Transplantation*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paranasal Sinuses / surgery*
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Rhinoplasty*
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome