The Facial Graft

Bernard Devauchelle (1, 2) , Stephanie Dakpe (2, 1) , Sylvie Testelin (2, 1)

1 CHIMERE - CHirurgie, IMagerie et REgénération tissulaire de l’extrémité céphalique - Caractérisation morphologique et fonctionnelle - UR UPJV 7516
2 CMF et Stomatologie - Chirurgie maxillofaciale et Stomatologie [CHU Amiens]

Although there have been numerous scientific papers reporting on composite allotransplantation of the face, few have been about assessment and evolution of the functional benefit for patients in terms of soft tissue mobility, movement coordination, and face expressions, even fewer on the choice of the surgical procedures to restore motricity. On some videos and interviews, it is possible to analyze significative motricity. Of course that has been voluntary motricity, not emotional motricity. The data confirmed that the result on the complexity of the expression of the face is not great, providing opportunity to reflect on the question of nerve regeneration.

Mots clés: Face transplant; Functional restoration; Transplant innervation

Domaines: Médecine humaine et pathologie

Bernard Devauchelle, Stephanie Dakpe, Sylvie Testelin. The Facial Graft. Atlas of The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, 2023, 31 (1), pp.57-64. ⟨10.1016/j.cxom.2022.11.001⟩. ⟨hal-03980690⟩