First-Ever Full Face Transplant...
BRITISH experts today welcomed the news that a team in Spain has performed the world's first full face transplant.
More than 30 medics carried out the operation at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron University Hospita.
The patient was unable to breathe, swallow or speak properly before the surgery and relied on artificial equipment.
New facial muscles, skin, nose, lips, jaw, teeth, palate and cheekbones in the 24-hour operation, which was performed on March 20.
"This is the first full face transplant performed worldwide, as the 10 operations performed previously had been only partial."
The operation included the transplant of the entire facial skin and muscles, nose, lips, maxilla (upper jaw), palate, all teeth, cheekbones, and the mandible (lower jaw).
In the first part of the operation, the soft parts of the face, including veins and arteries, were extracted before firmer tissue was removed.
The final part of the surgery involved transplanting bones and connecting nerves to the new face.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2944094/First-ever-full-face-transplant.html#ixzz0lvdgYlR1
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