The Duke Human Fresh Tissue Laboratory gives researchers in the Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery opportunities to make unique contributions to human anatomic research.

From anatomy atlases to 3-D images of the human body, medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty have the latest technologies available to them in this state-of-the-art laboratory.

Findings from this work are directly applicable to plastic surgery, orthopaedic surgery, hand surgery, cranio-maxillofacial surgery, and other subspecialties.

Publications

• A technique to perfuse cadavers that extends the useful life of fresh tissues: the Duke experience
• The helical arcade: anatomic basis for survival in near-total ear avulsion
• Osteocutaneous face transplantation
• Facial allograft transplantation: fiction or reality? Surgical techniques in a fresh human cadaver model
• A pilot study in sub-SMAS face transplantation: defining donor compatibility and assessing outcomes in a cadaver model
• Technical and anatomical considerations of face harvest in face transplantation
• Anatomical basis and clinical application of the infragluteal perforator flap

Lab Personnel

• Detlev Erdmann, MD, PhD, MHSc
• Clinton Leiweke, Human Fresh Tissue Lab Manager