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Woman is 1st in US to get 2nd face transplant
For the second time in a decade, a New Hampshire woman has a new face.
Aug 7, 2020
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US woman disfigured in lye attack reveals new face
(AP)—A U.S. woman revealed her new face after a transplant Wednesday, six years after her ex-husband disfigured her by dousing her with industrial-strength lye, and said she went through "what some may call hell" but has ...
May 1, 2013
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Cleveland Clinic does its second face transplant
Cleveland Clinic surgeons have replaced nearly the entire face of a middle-aged man severely disfigured in a car accident, the hospital announced Tuesday.
Nov 18, 2014
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Virginia man injured in gun accident gets new face (Update)
(AP) -- After 15 years of wearing a mask and living as a recluse, a 37-year-old Virginia man disfigured in a gun accident got a new face, nose, teeth and jaw in what University of Maryland physicians say is the most extensive ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Transplant gives new face, scalp to burned firefighter
A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced Monday.
Nov 16, 2015
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Researchers use 3-D printing to guide human face transplants
Researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and 3-D printing technology to recreate life-size models of patients' heads to assist in face transplantation surgery, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Complication in Turkey's quadruple limb transplant
Turkish surgeons had to remove one leg from a patient who underwent a quadruple limb transplant after his heart and vascular system failed to sustain the limb, the hospital said on Sunday.
Feb 26, 2012
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Face transplants: the ups and downs
Ten years and 36 operations later, the face transplant remains a tricky endeavour with a long list of health and mental risks to be weighed against the benefits, experts say.
Sep 7, 2016
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Face transplant patient celebrates life in public
(AP)—In the 15 years between a shotgun blast that ravaged the bottom half of Richard Norris' face and the face transplant that ended a hermit-like life for him, the man from rural southwest Virginia faced cruelty from strangers, ...
Jun 28, 2013
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Patient dies after Turkey quadruple limb transplant
A Turkish patient who underwent what was touted as the world's first quadruple limb transplant died on Monday due to complications, the hospital announced.
Feb 27, 2012
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