First US face transplant revealed

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First US face transplant revealed
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Wed, 05-06-2009 - 1:23pm

Complete article at link..........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8035316.stm

The recipient of the first US almost-total face transplant has appeared before the media for the first time.

Connie Culp, a 46-year-old mother-of-two was left without the middle section of her face after her husband shot her in 2004.

Ms Culp, whose identity had been previously withheld, paid tribute to the donor family at a news conference.

Surgeons at a clinic in a Cleveland, Ohio, replaced 80% of Ms Culp's face with that of a dead female donor.

"I guess I'm the one you came to see today, " she told reporters but added that "I think it's more important that you focus on the donor family that made it so I could have this person's face."

The transplant is only the fourth to be carried out. Two operations have been conducted in France and one in China.

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Thu, 05-07-2009 - 6:04am
I'm fascinated with stuff like that - I saw a documentary on the Chinese farmer and the original French woman to receive the worlds first partial face transplant. But I think this is the most fascinating one. They say in time they will scale back the skin on her jaw but right now they're letting the nerves and blood vessels take.


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Thu, 05-07-2009 - 8:50am

I followed the French transplant but I hadn't heard

 


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Thu, 05-07-2009 - 9:18am
More power to this poor woman. I think her husband who tried to kill her should have his face smashed in with a ton of bricks.
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Thu, 05-07-2009 - 9:46am

 


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Thu, 05-07-2009 - 5:34pm
I really admire her strength and courage.
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Fri, 05-08-2009 - 8:48am
Me too. A positive outlook will surely help with her recovery.
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