STORY OF INTEREST: First total face transplant performed in Spain

The leading surgeon said the operation involved removing what was left of the man's face and giving him a replacement "in one piece."

MADRID – A hospital in Spain says it has carried out the world’s first full-face transplant, giving a man a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features after he lost his face in an accident.

Other transplant experts lauded the surgery but were not sure it could technically be called ‘full-face.’

The operation was carried out by a 30-member medical team in late March and took 24 hours to perform, according to the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona.

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9 Comments

  1. interesting
    April 25, 2010

    lol now we can use tht to fix all dem ugly faces of the world lol jkjkjk : D

  2. DB
    April 25, 2010

    Great, you ugly people take note. LOL
    might as well just transplant the brain into another body and live for life, COMING SOON

  3. Sr
    April 24, 2010

    wooooowwwwwww……Oh Fairplay is it a DNA transplant?????

  4. Sr
    April 24, 2010

    Fairplay?? woowww is it a FINGERPRINT TRANSPLANT?????

  5. Fairplay
    April 24, 2010

    Criminals may now be able to change their identity.

  6. hmmm
    April 24, 2010

    BREAKTHROUGH!

  7. Channel 1
    April 23, 2010

    Well that’s certainly a major accomplishment. Wow!!!

  8. volcano
    April 23, 2010

    i need one 2

    • Typical Dominican
      April 23, 2010

      lol…………………….but seriously?

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