1) To understand and be able to implement surgical planning vascular imaging protocols for transplant imaging. 2) To review the strengths and weaknesses between the imaging modalities that can be used for vascular mapping. 3) To understand vascular re-organization after complex vascular anastamosis for transplantation.
Vascularized Composite Allotransplanation (VCA) refers to transplanation of organ donor tissues with their own donor vascular supply that require vascular anastamoses to the recipeint. This work included face and extremity transplantation, and includes some of the most dramatic and complex transplantations to date. There is a growing need for detailed vascular imaging as the number of sites performing these studies increasese. Moreover, additional studies such as abdmonal wall transplantation are on the horizon and will be performed in the near future. Radiologists play a significant and growing role in determining the proper selection of recipients, and the vascular maps are critical for the team in the sucess of the transplantation. This lecture will review the imaging before and after transplantation, and the content will include imaging protocols, key findings, and new information the reveals the biolpogy after transplantation in a face transplant cohort of patients.
Rybicki, F,
Pre and Post Reconstructive Surgery Vascular Imaging. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14002000.html
