First U.S. Face Transplant Complete
from BBC
Surgeons at a clinic in a Cleveland, Ohio, have performed America's first almost-total face transplant. The reconstructive surgeon in charge of the operation - Dr Maria Siemionow - replaced 80% of a woman's face with that of a dead female donor. The patient's name and age have not been released. The Cleveland transplant is only the fourth to be carried out. Two operations have been conducted in France and one in China. More