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The recipient was 37-year-old Richard Norris, who had suffered a facial gunshot injury in 1997. The transplant included the skin of the donor’s entire face and anterior neck, the upper and lower jaws, teeth, and tongue. In 2013, Rodriguez was named the inaugural Paul N. Manson, MD Distinguished Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ...
A face transplant is a medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face using tissue from a donor. Part of a field called "Vascularized Composite Tissue Allotransplantation" (VCA) it involves the transplantation of facial skin, the nasal structure, the nose, the lips, the muscles of facial movement used for expression, the nerves that provide sensation, and, potentially, the bones ...
For 15 years, Richard Norris lived in seclusion with his parents in rural Virginia -- now, he and his new face are featured in GQ. Before his surgery, the mirrors in their home were all covered ...
First human pancreas transplant: Richard Lillehei and William Kelly: Anonymous "young woman" Patient survived for 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 months and died in May 1967 of a lung infection and pneumonia. December 16, 1966 [6] [7] [8] First partial human face transplant: Jean-Michel Dubernard and Bernard Devauchelle: Isabelle Dinoire
A total of 50 face transplants have been performed since 2005 on 39 men and nine women, with most around the age of 35
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About two years later, DiMeo became the first person to receive a successful face and double hand transplant, according to NYU Langone, where the 23-hour surgery was performed.
Jean-Michel Dubernard (French: [dybɛʁnaʁ]; 17 May 1941 – 10 July 2021) was a French medical doctor specializing in transplant surgery who served as a Deputy in the French National Assembly. He was born in Lyon.