Review Article
Face Transplantation: On the Verge of Becoming Clinical Routine?
Table 5
Complications reported in face transplant recipients.
| Immunotherapy complications | |
| Infections | | Viral (CMV, HSV, EBV, and Poxyvirus) | 8 | Bacterial (Pseudomonas, staphylococcal, and other)* | 7 | Fungal (Candida) | 3 | Rosacea | 1 | Metabolic | | Acute rejections | 14 | Renal failure | 2 | Glucose intolerance/diabetes mellitus | 2 | Transient leukopenia | 1 | Severe rhabdomyolysis | 1 | Neoplasia | | Cervical dysplasia | 1 | Monoclonal B-cell lymphoma | 1 | Secondary squamous cell carcinoma* | 1 |
| Other complications | |
| Acute respiratory distress syndrome | 1 | Right diaphragmatic paralysis | 1 | Transient thrombocytosis | 1 | Thrombotic microangiopathy | 1 |
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*Complication leading to death. n = number.
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