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21-year-old gets historic face transplant after attempting suicide by shooting herself
Techniques and technologies such as surgical rehearsal, 3D printing and virtual reality were used as part of the pre-operative planning.
16 Aug 2018 3:23 PM
Getting used to my new identity: Jerome Hamon, ‘the man with three faces’
Hamon suffers from neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic mutation which causes severely disfiguring tumours and related complications.
17 Apr 2018 2:45 PM
Woman meets man who got her deceased husband's face through transplant
The two came together in a meeting arranged by the Mayo Clinic where Sandness underwent surgery that was the clinic’s first such transplant.
13 Nov 2017 7:42 PM
Twin tragedies give survivor boon for life
Andy met Mardini, a plastic surgeon whose specialty is facial reconstruction. As a newcomer at Mayo, the doctor was on call Christmas Eve.
19 Feb 2017 2:08 AM
Suicide survivor gets new face transplant
After an unsuccessful suicide attempt that nearly left his face destroyed, he has a new face that belonged to another man.
18 Feb 2017 9:10 PM
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