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."
About the dog (Score:5, Informative)
Just wanted to add the little detail that the dog that was involved in the 2005 incident didn't attack the woman. Out of context this sounds like a horror movie.
The woman's been unconscious on the ground and the animal seemed to be trying to wake her up. More can be read on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Dinoire [wikipedia.org]