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Face Transplants Available to Wounded Veterans
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Face transplant surgery will be available to wounded war veterans, thanks to a new multimillion dollar contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Currently, less than ten face transplants have been performed worldwide, but eight more are expected to be performed in the next 18 months.
Face Transplant Patient Makes Public Plea
James Maki, the second face transplant patient in the U.S., is taking his incredible story to the public in an effort to encourage organ donation.
Plastic Surgery News – June 19, 2009
In this week’s edition of Plastic Surgery News, find out how plastic surgery can help treat rheumatoid arthritis, learn about a new system to quantify the way our skin ages, and hear what one face transplant patient has to say to the public. Plus, take a tour of a website where women can get breast implants for free, and see how a popular TV witch ditched her post-partum figure in favor of a hot bikini bod.
Face Transplant Breaks the Rules
Face Transplant Breaks the Rules This month, doctors at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston performed the world’s seventh face transplant, and may have sidestepped the hospital’s policy in the process. Plastic surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, performed the surgery and acknowledged that the patient had not undergone immunosuppressant therapy before the operation–a deviation from the hospital’s...
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