Combined Whole Eye and Face Transplant
This is the first report of whole eye transplant combined with facial transplant, demonstrating allograft survival including rejection-free graft survival and electroretinographic measurements indicating retinal response to light stimuli. These data highlight the potential for clinical allotransplantation for globe loss.
Authors
- Patryk Filipiak
- Steven H. Baete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-3789)
- Pierre B. Saadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-8598)
- Roberto L. Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3817-313X)
- Jamie P. Levine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6163-8490)
- Vaidehi S. Dedania
- David L. Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8732-9436)
- Bruce E. Gelb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6559-2858)
- Oriana Cohen
- Daniel J. Ceradini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0901-7445)
- Zakia Ben Youss
- Eduardo Dopico Rodríguez
- David A. Staffenberg
Institutions
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Miami Transplant Institute (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.12601
- Citations
- 40
- Primary Topic
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 20.32