Face to Face
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-06054-1 (ISBN)
This book creatively communicates the human and professional sides of the journey to the first ever near total face transplant, the response to this milestone in the medical community, and the effect it has had on the individuals involved. It focuses on the evolution of Professor Maria Siemionow as a microsurgeon and the processes by which she sensationally overcame the challenges her team encountered including the successful manipulation of the immune system to avoid rejection of the face tissue by the recipient.
Face to Face: A Short History of Face Transplantation combines the medical and human elements of the development of face transplant surgery. It is not only targeted at the surgical professional and trainee, but also the general public who wish to read about the journey of how a significant medical advancement was made. It is also great reading to inspire girls of an age where they are thinking about career paths to believe they can do somethingextraordinary and could persuade some to pursue a career in an STEM subject.
Pioneering surgeon Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, grew up in Poznan, Poland. She was awarded her medical degree by Poznan University of Medical Sciences in 1974, after which she completed her residency in orthopedics, and then earned a PhD in microsurgery. In 1985, she completed a hand surgery fellowship at the Christine Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1995 she became Director of Plastic Surgery Research and Head of Microsurgical Training for Cleveland Clinic's Department of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Siemionow stepped on to the world stage in December, 2008, when she led a team of six surgeons in successfully conducting the first near-total face transplantation, a 22-hour procedure. She has since participated in two more successful face transplantations the Cleveland Clinic. She moved to Chicago in 2014 to become Professor of Orthopedics and Director of Microsurgery Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
First Sutures.- Anatomy Lessons.- First Clinical Experiences.- Of Scalpels and Family.- Becoming a Microsurgeon.- The Face is Different from the Heart.- Louisville Fellows.- Travels in America.- Ethics.- The Candidate.- Preparing and Waiting.- The First Patient.- 30 Patients Later.
"Those interested in the background story leading up to and including the revolutionary breakthroughs in facial transplantation surgery will find this historical account intriguing. ... Both those in the field of medicine and the public at large who lack substantial medical knowledge will find this book of interest, particularly when considering the life-altering effect that the transplantation of the face can have." (Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Doody's Book Reviews, September 13, 2019)
“Those interested in the background story leading up to and including the revolutionary breakthroughs in facial transplantation surgery will find this historical account intriguing. … Both those in the field of medicine and the public at large who lack substantial medical knowledge will find this book of interest, particularly when considering the life‐altering effect that the transplantation of the face can have.” (Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Doody's Book Reviews, September 13, 2019)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.02.2019 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 164 p. 27 illus., 17 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 326 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie | |
| Schlagworte | Face Transplant • immune system • Surgical techniques • Tissue Allograft • transplant procedures |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-06054-3 / 3030060543 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-06054-1 / 9783030060541 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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