The Ethics Of Facial Transplantation

The transplantation surgical procedure was an extreme brake-thro in history. One of the earliest transplants that was done was an Autograph transplant that was a replant reconstruction of the skin on the nose and was performed by an Indian surgeon (Shrutas) in the 2nd century BC. This technique was next vitalized in the First World War. The first organ tissue transplant as we know it was done by a Swiss surgeon called Theodor Kocher. He removed a Thyroid from a patient, but then noticed that the removal of the organ leads to complex side effects. Accidently, he treated that by implanting a Thyroid from a cadaver and by doing that he performed the world first modern transplant. (1)
Transplantation begins when an organ or tissue malfunctions, …show more content…
The first ever full face transplant was done in Spain in 2010. Since then facial transplants have been one the most life changing procedures. (3) People with faces disfigured by burns, injuries, and birth deficiencies are the ones who can benefit from the procedure. The procedure is performed by competent specialists whom bear in mind the issues of tissue type, age, sex, skin color, rejection after transplanting, and sometimes including the underlying fat, nerves, blood vessels, structure of bones, and musculature. The patient's damaged face is removed and replaced in a surgery that may last anywhere from 8 to 36 hours, followed by a 10–14-day hospital stay. (4) (5)
Any Allograft begins by signing up for a transplant waiting list, the list may be long or short depending on the organ that is wanted. Allograft transplantation procedure then begins by anesthetizing the patient and the donor before making the excision of the organ from the donor and then planting it in the patient who needs it. In conclusion the procedures of transplanting differ depending on which organ or tissue is needed for the process and also the kind of transplant wither it’s an Autograph, Allograft, Isograph, or Xenograft varies in the