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Partial Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 The paper did not address the issue of identity after receiving what essentially amounts to a new face.
According to the study author, two other face grafts have been performed (one in China in 2006 and one in France in 2007), but information is not available on those.
The Cleveland Clinic has permission to perform a full face transplant, but, according to Dr. Maria Siemionow, head of plastic surgery research, "We still are screening patients, working in the laboratory on anti-rejection therapies and searching for a donor."
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For more on reconstructive surgery, see the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
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Last updated 12/12/2007
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SOURCES: Seth Thaller, M.D., D.M.D., professor and chief, division of plastic surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Maria Siemionow, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., head, plastic surgery research, Cleveland Clinic; David Arnold, M.D., FACS, assistant professor, otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Dec. 13, 2007, New England Journal of Medicine
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