Face Transplantation: On the Verge of Becoming Clinical Routine?

Table 4

(a) Microsurgical considerations as far as reported (16 reports to date). (b) Sensory and motor recovery (12 reports to date).

(a)

Arterial anastomosis		Venous anastomosis		Sensory nerve repair		Motor nerve repair
External carotid artery	12	External jugular vein	6	Infraorbital nerve	10	Facial nerve	15
Facial artery	6	Facial vein	4	Mental nerve	8	Hypoglossal nerve	1
External maxillary artery	1	Internal jugular vein	5	Supraorbital nerve	5	Mandibular branch	1
CCA to SCA	1	Thyrolingual trunks	4	None	5
		Retromandibular vein	3
		Anterior facial vein	2

(b)

Sensory recovery (months after transplantation)			Motor recovery (months after transplantation)
Nerve repair	Touch	Temperature	Nerve repair	Motor recovery
Yes	4.1	4.5	YES	7.8
No	7.3	12.5	NO	—