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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Oct;132(4):957–966. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a0143b

Figure 1. Facial defect patterns simulated in the VFTs.

Figure 1

Three patterns (Mandibular, Midface, and Large, top row, shaded areas) were used to create defects in Recipient models [third row] and extract allografts from Donor models [second row] to perform VFTs [bottom row]. For purposes of illustration, examples of individual VFTs for each pattern type are presented in the bottom three rows. The example Mandibular pattern Post-transplant VFT model [bottom row, left column] involved a 31-year-old female donor [second row, left column] and a 22-year-old female recipient [third row, left column]. The Midface pattern Post-transplant VFT model example [bottom row, center column] involved a 38-year-old male donor [second row, center column] and a 29-year-old male recipient [third row, center column]. Lastly, the example of a Large pattern Post-transplant VFT model [bottom row, right column] involved a 54-year-old male donor [second row, right column] and a 43-year-old male recipient [third row, right column].