Our first total face transplant involved far more than a single 31-hour operation. Here are essentials of the patient’s unparalleled case and what lies ahead for her and the face transplant field.
Read MoreResearchers Receive $4.7M NIH Grant to Prevent Cancer-Associated Thrombosis
The five-year grant, led by Keith McCrae, MD, and Alok Khorana, MD, supports the creation of a new risk assessment tool to better predict which cancer patients will develop treatment-related thrombosis.
The Biggest Moment in Cleveland Clinic’s First Total Face Transplant
One moment in the 31-hour operation stands out from the rest. Two of the surgeons share when, and why, the OR went from a hush to a collective sigh.
Inside the OR in Cleveland Clinic’s Total Face Transplant: Tapping the ‘Collective Genius’ of the Team
Two surgeons from the procedure share how subjecting a key intraoperative choice to the ‘surgical court of law’ and family input ultimately yielded the best decision.
How Augmented Reality Shaped Cleveland Clinic’s Total Face Transplant
Face transplant seemed like a natural application for the Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality platform. Here’s how clinical and biomedical engineering innovators made it a reality for the first time ever.
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First Successful Use of a Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) Model to Guide Cancer Treatment
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The Opioid Epidemic: What Can We Learn from Europe?
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Units Find Ways to Speed Up Emergency Response
Nurses implement continuous improvement projects so they can be more prepared with medical emergency response teams are called on to save lives.