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COMPOSITE TISSUE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY: The first clinical applications (4619 words) |
 | This kind of autotransplantation differs from tissue allotransplantation (formerly called homotransplantation) which is defined by the transfer of (allo)grafts harvested from a different subject in the same species (inter-human transplantation). |
| First, tissue allotransplantation obtains the preeminent objective of any tissue reconstruction; the " like with like " replacement, … where a thumb would be reconstructed with a thumb but not with a toe. |
| On the contrary, allotransplantation is unsuitable for certain pathologies: breast reconstruction, for example, would not be justified nor technically feasible considering the difficulty to withhold a breast based on a reliable vascular pedicle. |
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