In this issue of the Journal, Strome and colleagues1 describe the extraordinary case of the first successful transplantation of the larynx in a human. The recipient was a 40-year-old man who was aphonic as a result of a severe laryngeal injury. This thoughtfully executed application of laryngeal transplantation, initiated after a series of careful experimental studies, is a wonderful example of bench-to-bedside research for which the authors are to be commended.Several details of this unique case deserve emphasis. The patient's larynx had been destroyed by trauma, not cancer. There was complete HLA matching between the donor and the recipient. . . .
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