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 t ...
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Face to Face
A Short History of Face Transplantation
Siemionow, Maria
Kartoniert, xiv, 164 S.
XIV, 164 p. 27 illus., 17 illus. in color.
Sprache: Englisch
203 mm
Springer, Berlin (2019)
Gewicht: 250 g
ISBN-13: 978-3-030-06054-1
Titelnr.: 74907757