First U.S. patient gets face transplant

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 16:07 in Health & Medicine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surgeons have replaced 80 percent of a woman's face, transplanting bone, teeth, muscle and nerve in the first such operation in the United States.

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