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US Man Receives Successful Face Transplant After Suicide Attempt
In the last 20 years, just a little more than 50 face transplants have been performed worldwide, which makes Mr Pfaff's operation a rare success.
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US Army Veteran Regains Sight After World's First Eye Transplant In New York
Doctors in New York have conducted what they claim to be the first-ever complete eye transplant on a man, though the restoration of his vision remains uncertain.
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Woman Fights For A Third Face As Body Rejects Transplant
Carmen Blandin Tarleton does not want to go backward. She is fighting for a third face.
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21-Year-Old Suicide Survivor Undergoes Historic Face Transplant
After a 31-hour-long face transplant surgery, 21-year-old Katie Stubblefield has turned over a new leaf in her life. She underwent 17 surgeries before finally going under the knife for the transformational procedure.
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21-Year-Old Suicide Survivor From US Undergoes Historic Face Transplant
Katie Stubblefield underwent a 31-hour-long face transplant surgery. She underwent 17 surgeries before the transplant.
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''The Man With Three Faces'' Has Second Transplant
Jerome Hamon is getting used to his new soubriquet "the man with three faces". He remains in a Paris hospital, three months after undergoing his second face transplant, but has quickly accepted his new "identity".
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Gunshot Destroyed Her Face. Complete Face Transplant Gives Her A New One
A gunshot wound to the face left a teenager with so much damage that for years doctors knew plastic surgery could only help so much to give her back a regular life.
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3D Printing to Guide Human Face Transplants
To achieve cosmetically better results out of complicated face transplantation surgeries, researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and 3D printing technology to recreate life size models of patients' heads.
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Doctors in China grow new face on girl's chest
A 17-year-old girl in China has received a pioneering face transplant after doctors grew tissue grafted from her leg on her chest.
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Texas man awaits rare face transplant
A man who lost his entire face after suffering horrific burns has become eligible for a full face transplant thanks to a reform of US health laws. Dallas C Wiens is hoping to become the third American to undergo such a surgery. Despite his horrific burn injuries he's more hopeful than ever. That's because doctors have told him he is eligible to hav...
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World's first full face transplant in Spain
A hospital in Spain announced that it had carried out the world's first full-face transplant. The Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona said the patient, a young man, was given an entirely new face, including skin, jaws, chin, nose, cheeks, teeth and muscles. It said the 24-hour operation was performed in late March by a 30-member medical team.In a s...
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US Man Receives Successful Face Transplant After Suicide Attempt
In the last 20 years, just a little more than 50 face transplants have been performed worldwide, which makes Mr Pfaff's operation a rare success.
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US Army Veteran Regains Sight After World's First Eye Transplant In New York
Doctors in New York have conducted what they claim to be the first-ever complete eye transplant on a man, though the restoration of his vision remains uncertain.
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Woman Fights For A Third Face As Body Rejects Transplant
Carmen Blandin Tarleton does not want to go backward. She is fighting for a third face.
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21-Year-Old Suicide Survivor Undergoes Historic Face Transplant
After a 31-hour-long face transplant surgery, 21-year-old Katie Stubblefield has turned over a new leaf in her life. She underwent 17 surgeries before finally going under the knife for the transformational procedure.
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21-Year-Old Suicide Survivor From US Undergoes Historic Face Transplant
Katie Stubblefield underwent a 31-hour-long face transplant surgery. She underwent 17 surgeries before the transplant.
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''The Man With Three Faces'' Has Second Transplant
Jerome Hamon is getting used to his new soubriquet "the man with three faces". He remains in a Paris hospital, three months after undergoing his second face transplant, but has quickly accepted his new "identity".
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Gunshot Destroyed Her Face. Complete Face Transplant Gives Her A New One
A gunshot wound to the face left a teenager with so much damage that for years doctors knew plastic surgery could only help so much to give her back a regular life.
-
3D Printing to Guide Human Face Transplants
To achieve cosmetically better results out of complicated face transplantation surgeries, researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and 3D printing technology to recreate life size models of patients' heads.
-
Doctors in China grow new face on girl's chest
A 17-year-old girl in China has received a pioneering face transplant after doctors grew tissue grafted from her leg on her chest.
-
Texas man awaits rare face transplant
A man who lost his entire face after suffering horrific burns has become eligible for a full face transplant thanks to a reform of US health laws. Dallas C Wiens is hoping to become the third American to undergo such a surgery. Despite his horrific burn injuries he's more hopeful than ever. That's because doctors have told him he is eligible to hav...
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World's first full face transplant in Spain
A hospital in Spain announced that it had carried out the world's first full-face transplant. The Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona said the patient, a young man, was given an entirely new face, including skin, jaws, chin, nose, cheeks, teeth and muscles. It said the 24-hour operation was performed in late March by a 30-member medical team.In a s...
