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December 2nd, 2005, 08:17 PM
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/12/02/first_ever_partial_face_transplant_produces_marvelous_results_doctor_says/
First-ever partial face transplant produces 'marvelous' results, doctor says
By EMMA ROSS | December 2, 2005
LYON, France --Before her operation, she couldn't chew her food. She had trouble speaking. Whenever she took a drink, most of the liquid dribbled from her mouth. Worst of all, her face was hideous. She wore a surgical mask every time she left her house.
Six days ago, she got a new face.
The results of the daring nose, lips and chin transplant -- the first ever attempted -- were beyond what the surgeons had hoped for. The new face bore an uncanny resemblance to the woman's former face. "Marvelous," one doctor said.
The physicians described the operation in a news conference Friday. Their patient, a 38-year-old divorced mother, who doesn't want her identity known, had been mauled in June by her dog. The Labrador retriever mix, adopted from a rescue shelter, had ripped off the lower half of her face.
Her first look at the transplant came when a psychiatrist gave her a mirror. Unable to speak because of the breathing tube in her throat, the patient wrote a note, "Merci." Thank you.
Then she cried and so did one of her surgeons.
Seems it's causing a stir on the ethical side by the articles and news broadcasts i've seen today on this subject.
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First-ever partial face transplant produces 'marvelous' results, doctor says
By EMMA ROSS | December 2, 2005
LYON, France --Before her operation, she couldn't chew her food. She had trouble speaking. Whenever she took a drink, most of the liquid dribbled from her mouth. Worst of all, her face was hideous. She wore a surgical mask every time she left her house.
Six days ago, she got a new face.
The results of the daring nose, lips and chin transplant -- the first ever attempted -- were beyond what the surgeons had hoped for. The new face bore an uncanny resemblance to the woman's former face. "Marvelous," one doctor said.
The physicians described the operation in a news conference Friday. Their patient, a 38-year-old divorced mother, who doesn't want her identity known, had been mauled in June by her dog. The Labrador retriever mix, adopted from a rescue shelter, had ripped off the lower half of her face.
Her first look at the transplant came when a psychiatrist gave her a mirror. Unable to speak because of the breathing tube in her throat, the patient wrote a note, "Merci." Thank you.
Then she cried and so did one of her surgeons.
Seems it's causing a stir on the ethical side by the articles and news broadcasts i've seen today on this subject.
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