Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) is a superior method of restoring the aesthetics and functioning of these complex structures in selective patients. Transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs, to a recipient from a genetically non-identical donor of the same species.
The transplant is called an allograft, allogeneic transplant, or homograft. Most human tissue and organ transplants are allografts.