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Ethical Considerations of Living Donation in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

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It is the authors’ opinion that it is no longer a matter of “if” living donation vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) becomes a viable option, but rather “when.” In this chapter, the authors review ethical considerations of living donation in VCA by a four-quadrant approach that includes medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features both in the recipient and the living donor.

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  1. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Maureen Beederman & Lawrence J. Gottlieb

  2. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Chad M. Teven

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

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  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

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Beederman, M., Teven, C.M., Gottlieb, L.J. (2023). Ethical Considerations of Living Donation in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. In: Gurunian, R., Rampazzo, A., Papay, F., Bassiri Gharb, B. (eds) Reconstructive Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21520-9_34

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