Spanish doctors are preparing to perform the country's first face transplant operation, one of the first in the world, media reported Wednesday.
Doctor Pedro Cavadas said he had two young candidates for the operation, one of whom has been disfigured by burns and the other by a disease.
The transplant would only cover the lower half of the face below the eyes. The medical team in the eastern city of Valencia was waiting for a suitable donor to appear.
The National Transplant Organization has given the green light to the operation. It still needs the approval of regional health authorities, which was regarded as a mere formality.
fist face transplant in history isabelle dinoire Isabelle dinoire born in 1967 in France a divorced mother with two daughters. Lucie, 17, and Laure, 13, Isabelle is the first woman in the history to receive first partial face transplant, the operation made on November 27 2005, a team of sergeants leaded by by Prof...
Second face transplant Li GuoxingChina's first facial transplant after the first face transplant in history ( isabelle dinoire ) the patient will receive final operation in Xijing Hospital in china , Guo Shuzhong, the director of the chinese hospital's plastic surgery said that Mr Li Guoxing, a 30-year ol...
The third face transplant in the world Tuesday, in France, doctor had performed the world’s third partial face transplant on the 29-year-old man whose face was disfigured by severe tumors, giving him a new nose, mouth and chin and replacing part of his cheeks.
The operation took 15 hours to remove  ...