http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. As surgical teams gain experience with facial transplantation, a careful approach to planning based on the principles of craniofacial surgery can help to maximize patient outcomes in terms of facial form and function, according to an article in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-transplantation-reverse-craniofacial.html Surgery Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:36:43 EST news274354596 Facial transplant operations are often portrayed as dramatic before-and-after stories but new research shows that the procedures' real long-term impact may sometimes be underreported, explained researchers from The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. An analysis of patient outcomes data found that a recently developed standard scoring system called "the FACES score"—which measures a patient's ability to return to a normal life—has not been fully utilized for some patients who have already undergone facial transplants, accord-ing to reconstructive surgeons who presented study results at the 2012 American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-surgeons-framework-long-term-impact-facial.html Surgery Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:00:01 EST news268308400