Pictures of facial transplants

Poland's first face transplant recipient has been discharged from the hospital just 11 weeks after the life-saving surgery. The year-old spoke at a University of Maryland fundraising gala on Saturday, his first public appearance since the surgery, according the a hospital spokesman. The transfer started at 5: In the operation, tissues, nerves, arteries and veins were all attached to the patient's face. Updated GMT HKT May 3, A photograph of Richard Lee Norris after the face transplant procedure.

There are speculations that the dog got frantic after seeing her master unresponsive and was possibly trying to wake her. Even after Maki had lost much of his face in the accident, surgeons still had to remove damaged tissue around the wound. I have hope now, and I want to help those that are injured know that there is hope for them, too. Doctors said that after 18 months of physical therapy, he is expected to regain up to 90 percent of his facial functions. Altman describes the unbelievably complicated process in The New York Times:. She told CNN she especially looks forward to gaining the strength and coordination to kiss the man she calls "the love of my life. James Maki fell onto the electrified third rail at a Boston subway station on June 30, , destroying the entire of the core of his face.

Patrick Hardison before his facial transplant operation left and in November , nearly three months after the surgery. Since then, more than 20 other patients have received partial or full face transplants at institutes across the globe. Full face transplant man reveals his new look on TV. During an hour operation, they re-connected arteries, veins and nerves and repaired the nose, upper lip, and sinuses.