Surgeons in France Just Performed the First-Ever Double Face Transplant
“Twelve years ago in France, a team of surgeons successfully completed the first-ever face transplant procedure. Unfortunately, seven years after the history-making surgery, the patient’s body rejected the transplant. Since the rejection occurred two months, the patient has been living without a suitable alternative. In a risky move, surgeons decided to attempt to transplant a second face, this time from a different donor.
Rejection is likely to be a chronic issue with face transplantation, so there was significant doubt as to whether or not another transplant could even be performed, let alone succeed. According to a statement by France’s biomedical agency and the National Hospital Service, as reported by the Telegraph, “This graft shows for the first time…that re-transplantation is possible in the case of chronic rejection.”…”
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