A team of surgeons has carried out the world's first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face.
During the 24-hour surgery, doctors lifted an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, and placed it masklike onto the man. The Spanish patient has a completely new face from his hairline down and only one visible scar, which looks like a wrinkle running across his neck.
Transplant experts hailed the surgery, carried out in March 2010 at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital, as a significant advance.
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