Maryland Team Completes Most Extensive Face Transplant Yet 36
An anonymous reader writes "A 37-year-old man injured in a 1997 gun incident has been given a new face, teeth, tongue and jaw in what doctors say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed. The transplant was performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The first full face transplant was performed in France in 2005, on a woman who was mauled by her dog. In a review of the first 17 cases since then, it was found that the overall survival rate after face transplant was 88%, with only two deaths."
Re:Sample size (Score:5, Funny)
If the next one they do results in a death, then it drops to 83%... a fairly big change for adding a single case.
I think they're aware of that, and they'll make a special effort to not kill the next patient.
Re:16,666... transplants (Score:4, Funny)