Attitudes toward face transplantation in Asia: A survey of Taiwanese population
Yu-Chi Wang MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorSu-Shin Lee MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorSavitha Ramachandran MBBS, MRCSEd MSc MMED, FAM
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
Academic Clinical Program for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Search for more papers by this authorYun-Nan Lin MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorRong-Fu Chen PhD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorSin-Daw Lin MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorChung-Sheng Lai MD, EMBA, PhD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yur-Ren Kuo MD, PhD, FACS
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Academic Clinical Program for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Correspondence
Yur-Ren Kuo, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung City 80756, Taiwan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorYu-Chi Wang MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorSu-Shin Lee MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorSavitha Ramachandran MBBS, MRCSEd MSc MMED, FAM
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
Academic Clinical Program for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Search for more papers by this authorYun-Nan Lin MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorRong-Fu Chen PhD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorSin-Daw Lin MD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorChung-Sheng Lai MD, EMBA, PhD
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Yur-Ren Kuo MD, PhD, FACS
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Academic Clinical Program for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Correspondence
Yur-Ren Kuo, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung City 80756, Taiwan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorYu-Chi Wang and Su-Shin Lee contributed equally as co-first authors.
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy and ethical concerns.
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