A 28-year-old man has received a face transplant at a hospital outside Paris, the doctor who performed the surgery told AFP Friday.
A 28-year-old man has received a face transplant at a hospital outside Paris, the doctor who performed the surgery told AFP Friday.
The 15-hour operation, completed Friday morning at Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, a suburb east of Paris, is the fifth face transplant in the world, and the third in France.
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"The patient is awake and is doing well. But it is far too early to say whether the transplant will take," he said, adding that 15 medical personnel took part in operation.
A patient's immune system will frequently reject a skin graft from a donor, requiring the systematic use of immunosuppressive drugs.
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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.
A large portion of the face of the donor was removed, along with bone to repair the recipient's upper jaw.
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The 29-year-old recipient of the 2007 transplant, known as Pascal, suffered from a rare genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis that had covered much of his face in a disfiguring tumour.
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Shortage of Donors Will Hamper Facial Transplants
Facial transplants might have made significant advances recently, but post-death few would like to have their faces removed for transplant.
Facial transplants might have made significant advances recently, but post-death few would like to have their faces removed for transplant.
A Chinese man who underwent a facial transplant 2006 after being attacked by a bear died in 2008.
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