Outcomes 18 months after the first human partial face transplantation.

Background: We performed the first human partial face allograft on November 27, 2005. Here we report outcomes up to 18 months after transplantation.

Methods: The postsurgical induction immunosuppression protocol included thymoglobulins combined with tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisone.

[Three lessons learned from the first double hand transplantation].

The first double hand transplantation was performed in Lyon in a 33 year-old recipient with bilateral amputation following an explosive handling accident. At 2 years, the global and the functional results were considered as very satisfactory. Three aspects are presented in this article: (1) immunosuppressive protocol was efficient and well tolerated.