Face Transplantation

Exclusion Criteria

• •No co-existing psycho-social problems (i.e., alcoholism, drug abuse).
• •Negative for malignancy for past 5 years.
• •Negative for HIV at transplant.
• •Negative crossmatch with donor.
• •If female of child-bearing potential, negative serum pregnancy test. If female of child-bearing potential, consent to use reliable contraception for at least one year following transplantation.
• •Patient agrees to comply with the protocol and states a dedication to the immunomodulatory treatment regimen.
• •No smoking for 6 months prior to transplant, as confirmed by blood testing.
• •Positive for any of the following conditions: Untreated sepsis, HIV (active or seropositive), active tuberculosis, hepatitis B or C (HCV Ab+ and HCV RNA+ (HCV Ab+ but RNA negative is acceptable), HBVcAb+, HBVsAg+ or viral DNA+), viral encephalitis, toxoplasmosis, malignancy (within past 5 years), current/recent (within months of donation/consent) IV drug abuse, paralysis of ischemic or traumatic origin, inherited peripheral neuropathy, infectious, post infectious, or inflammatory (axonal or demyelinating) neuropathy, toxic neuropathy (i.e. heavy metal poisoning, drug toxicity, industrial agent exposure), mixed connective tissue disease, severe deforming rheumatoid or osteoarthritis in the limb.
• •Conditions that, in the opinion of the study team, may impact the immunomodulatory protocol potentially exposing the recipient to an unacceptable risk under immunosuppressive treatment, including all liver and renal disease.
• •Sensitized recipients with high levels (\>=50%) of panel-reactive HLA antibodies.
• •Conditions that may impact the success of the surgical procedure or increase the risk of postoperative complications including inherited coagulopathies like Hemophilia, Von-Willebrand's disease, Protein C and S deficiency, Thrombocythemias, Thalassemias, Sickle Cell disease, etc.
• •Mixed connective tissue diseases and collagen diseases can result in poor wound healing after surgery.
• •Conditions that may impact functional outcomes including lipopolysaccharidosis and amyloidosis (may impact nerve regeneration) or rare disorders of bone healing like osteopetrosis.
• •Pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant within the next 2 years.
• •Unable or unwilling to use an acceptable birth control method for 2 years following transplant. The patient cannot have given birth in the past 2 years. We acknowledge that a female recipient of childbearing age must carefully consider the associated risks of the transplant and immunosuppression and personally prioritize these issues and the lead face transplant surgeon (Dr. Cetrulo) will implement this subject in the preoperative education of the patient during consultation.
• •Patients will be required to stop smoking for 6 months prior to listing and abstain from postoperative smoking
• •If a subject does not receive a transplant after one year of enrollment, clinical consent will be re-obtained from that subject and clinical consent will be re-obtained yearly while the subject is enrolled and waiting for a donor.