Links
General Links
- Royal Free Hospital, London
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- The British Association of Plastic Surgeons
- Cleveland clinic
- University of Louisville School of medicine - plastic surgery research
- Channel 4 - Science in medicine - Human face transplant (June 2004)
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England Facial Transplantation Working Party Report November 2003
Technical aspects
- Anatomy of the human body - Henry Gray
- Principles of microsurgery
- Perception Laboratory
- The father of microsurgery - Harry Buncke
Psychological aspects
Ethical considerations
- Facing the ethical questions in facial transplantation - American Journal of Bioethics
- Face transplantation: Part 2 - an ethical perspective
- On the ethics of facial transplantation research - American Journal of Bioethics
- Working party report of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences(CCNE),France
Immuno-suppressive regimens
- Living with transplantation
- Risks of immunosuppression
- Transplantation: drug aspects of immunosuppression
Organisations
- Burn's Survivor's Association UK
- Let's face it
- Facing the World
- Changing Faces website
- The Healing Foundation
- The Restoration of Appearance & Function Trust (RAFT)
Media articles
- CNN - Face transplants not just science fiction (28/11/2002)
- BBC News - Face transplants now possible (11/11/2003)
- New Scientist - Face transplants feasible - but not yet (19/11/2003)
- BBC News - Surgeons oppose face transplants (19/11/2003)
- BBC News - Face transplants in the offing (26/5/2004)
- The Telegraph India - An Indian doctor's triumph (15/8/2005)
- BBC Focus - Face transplant go-ahead (19/9/2005)
- www.nature.com - Surgeons seek go-ahead to perform first face transplant (22/9/2004)
- BBC News - US plans first face transplant (19/9/2005)
- MSNBC - Preparing for the world's first face transplant (19/9/2005)
- New Scientist - First ever face transplant surgery is completed (30/11/2005)
- Daily Mail - Face transplants 'hard to halt' (9/12/2005)
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