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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 ...
A total of 50 face transplants have been performed since 2005 on 39 men and nine women, with most around the age of 35
NYU Langone patient Aaron James underwent the first whole-eye and partial-face transplant following a near-death electrocution in 2021. Here, James is seen on Aug. 13, 2024. NYU Langone Health
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Grafting refers to a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another creature, without bringing its own blood supply with it. Instead, a new blood supply grows in after it is placed. A similar technique where tissue is transferred with the blood supply intact is called a flap. In some instances, a graft ...
The Know-How of Face Transplantation is a college-level textbook edited by Maria Siemionow that is 493 pages long. It was published in 2011 by Springer Publishing. Siemionow performed the first near-full face transplant in the United States, which is still extremely rare. Siemionow says that "30 have been done around the world." [1]
Image credits: Jessica Koby His recovery included a groundbreaking 23-hour face and double hand transplant in 2020 at NYU Langone Health, making him the first person to successfully undergo such a ...
Peter Edward Michael Butler, FRCSI, FRCS, FRCS (Plast) (born 1 September 1962) is Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University College London. [citation needed] He is consultant plastic surgeon and head of the face transplantation team [1] at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, United Kingdom.