Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T23:55:10 RDF description of Supporting facial transplantation with the pillars of bioethics [review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19384 Orthopedics Injuries 8 review <p>Facial transplantation has recently been offered to patients with severely disfigured faces not amenable to functional reconstruction with autologous tissues. Arguments against this procedure include risks of immunosuppression, the concern that it will be done for cosmesis, the belief that acceptable reconstruction can be achieved with autologous tissues, the potential impact on the patient of graft failure, and the concern that the procedure may be adopted by unqualified centers. If we look to bioethics to help us dissect the question of whether or not facial transplantation should be performed, we see that the majority of the arguments have been proscriptive rather than prescriptive. There are valid arguments in favor of facial transplantation based on the prescriptive pillars of bioethics: autonomy, justice, and beneficence. This article attempts to reframe the dialogue in a prescriptive manner.<p> document-rn19384 25758 Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 15589 Transplantation Quality of Life Head Surgery Supporting facial transplantation with the pillars of bioethics [review] 10.1055/s-0030-1262949 public 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Ethics 26