The first successful partial face transplant was carried out in 2005 in France, on a 38-year-old woman who had been mauled by her dog. The world’s first full face transplant was performed in Spain in 2010.
Now in 2012 US plastic surgeons perform a successful full face transplant, considered the most extensive to date. Amazing.
37-y-o Richard Lee Norris of Hillsville, Virginia, received a full face transplant including jaws, teeth, and tongue at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in a marathon 36-hour operation. He his nose and lips and was left with limited mouth movement after severe injury in a gun accident in 1997 result.
“Our goal is to restore function as well as have aesthetically pleasing results,” says Dr Eduardo Rodriguez.
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