Immunosurgery
Achauer, B.M.; Black, K.S.; Hewitt, C.W.; Furnas, D.W.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery 12(2): 293-307
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-1298 PMID: 3886263 Document Number: 244629
After being leaders in the field of transplantation, plastic surgeons became inactive in this field. Interest is reviving with the advent of the new immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine, as well as new knowledge of the immune mechanism. New generations of immunosuppressive drugs may allow allografting in patients with massive burns, limb transplants, and possibly even allografts of facial structures.