Most extensive face transplant ever performed is a success in New York

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 05:12 in Health & Medicine

A team of medical professionals in New York City has successfully performed the most ambitious facial transplant ever attempted, involving the transfer of eyelids, scalp, ears and subcutaneous bony structures, to restore normal facial figures to a volunteer firefighter whose entire head was grievously...

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