Surgeons in Boston have performed the second-ever partial face transplant in the United States, replacing some 80 percent of a disfigured man's face.
A team of surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists labored 17 hours to replace the patient's nose, hard palate, facial skin, muscles and nerves, the Brigham and Women's Hospital where the surgery was performed said in a statement.
About Transplantation
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
The patient has requested anonymity, and the hospital did not say what injuries or conditions the patient suffered from.
The world's first partial face transplant was conducted in France in 2005.
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