The nation's first near-total face transplant has been done on at the Cleveland Clinic, the hospital announced Tuesday.
Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow replaced nearly all of the face — 80 percent — with that of a dead donor in an operation a couple weeks ago.
The world's first partial face transplant occurred in France three years ago on a woman who had been mauled by her dog. Two others have been announced since then — a Chinese farmer attacked by a bear and a European man disfigured by a genetic condition.
The patient's name and age were not released. The hospital plans a news conference Wednesday to give details.
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Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow replaced nearly all of the face — 80 percent — with that of a dead donor in an operation a couple weeks ago.
The world's first partial face transplant occurred in France three years ago on a woman who had been mauled by her dog. Two others have been announced since then — a Chinese farmer attacked by a bear and a European man disfigured by a genetic condition.
The patient's name and age were not released. The hospital plans a news conference Wednesday to give details.
In a related story, John Travolta is now Nicholas Cage – and – Nicholas Cage is now John Travolta....
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