Review Article

Face Transplantation: On the Verge of Becoming Clinical Routine?

Table 2

Main characteristics of the first 27 face transplantations.

NumberYear City & team leaderR sex, ageD ageIndicationTypeSD (h)FUP (y)

111/2005Devauchelle
Amiens, France
F, 3846Animal attackPartial
myocutaneous
157.8
204/2006Guo
Xian, China
*M, 3025Animal attackPartial
osteomyocutaneous
137.4
301/2007Lantieri
Paris, France
M, 2965NF 1Partial
myocutaneous
116.8
412/2008Siemionow
Cleveland, USA
F, 4544Gunshot injuryPartial
osteomyocutaneous
224.8
503/2009Lantieri
Paris, France
M, 2743Gunshot injuryPartial
osteomyocutaneous
194.6
604/2009Lantieri
Paris, France
*M, 3759BurnsPartial
myocutaneous
134.5
704/2009Pomahac
Boston, USA
M, 5960BurnsPartial
osteomyocutaneous
174.5
808/2009Lantieri
Paris, France
M, 3355Gunshot injuryPartial
osteomyocutaneous
164.2
908/2009Cavadas
Valencia, Spain
M, 4235RadiotherapyPartial
osteomyocutaneous
154.2
1011/2009Devauchelle Amiens, FranceM, 27BurnsPartial
osteomyocutaneous
193.9
1101/2010Gomez-Cia
Seville, Spain
M, 3530NF 1Partial
myocutaneous
223.8
1204/2010Barret
Barcelona, Spain
M, 3141Gunshot injuryFull
osteomyocutaneous
3.5
1307/2010Lantieri
Paris, France
M, 37NF 1Full
myocutaneous
143.3
1403/2011Pomahac
Boston, USA
M, 2548BurnsFull
myocutaneous
172.5
1504/2011Lantieri
Paris, France
M, 45Gunshot injuryPartial
osteomyocutaneous
2.4
1604/2011Lantieri
Paris, France
M, 41Gunshot injuryPartial
osteomyocutaneous
2.4
1704/2011Pomahac
Boston, USA
M, 3031BurnsFull
myocutaneous
142.4
1805/2011Pomahac
Boston, USA
F, 5742Animal attackFull
osteomyocutaneous
192.3
1901/2012Özkan
Antalya, Turkey
M, 1939BurnsFull
osteomyocutaneous
91.7
2001/2012Blondeel,
Gent, Belgium
N/AN/AN/APartial osteomyocutaneous201.7
2102/2012Nazir
Ankara, Turkey
M, 2540BurnsFull
face transplant
1.6
2203/2012Özmen
Ankara, Turkey
F, 2028BurnsPartial
face transplant
1.5
2303/2012Rodriguez
Baltimore, USA
M, 3721Gunshot injuryFull
osteomyocutaneous
361.5
2405/2012Özkan
Antalya, Turkey
M, 2719BurnsFull
face transplant
1.3
2501/2013Pomahac
Boston, USA
F, 44BurnsFull
myocutaneous
150.6
2605/2013Özkan
Antalya, Turkey
M 2719Gunshot injuryPartial
osteomyocutaneous
0.5
2707/2013Maciejewski
Warsaw, Poland
M, 33 42Crush traumaPartial
osteomyocutaneous
270.3

R = recipient, D = donor, D = difference, SD = surgery duration, FUP = follow-up period, and * = patient died.