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Face transplant doc: We hope she smiles again

środa, grudzień 17th, 2008

A severely disfigured woman received the nose, cheeks, upper jaw and facial tissue from a female cadaver in the first near-total face transplant in the United States, the woman’s surgeon said. The 22-hour face operation was completed by a team of eight surgeons. “Our hope is she should be able to smile again,” one doctor said.

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