Face transplantation can become a usual business

January 25th, 2007 by webmaster

French surgeons managed to repeat the last year’s achievement - they have successfully leaded one more operation on face transplantation. The patient is a 29-years the man, suffered from congenital illness. Anybody did not see him yet, but, according to doctors, he can not be recognized any more.
It is known, that he was replaced a nose, lips, a chin and partially cheeks. It is already the third similar operation in the world-besides the Frenchmen, the Chinese physicians have distinguished in transplantation.
The professor Lanteri, who conducted the operation, has had a very complex patient. Because of the neurofibromatosis, the incurable illness, leading to the deformation of a fabric, the patient promptly lost the face. But this wasn’t the only problem that threatened him.
The surgeon says that the patient hardly could speak, and when he ate, he had to open a mouth by means of hands. But from the social point of view he was absolutely normal - cleverer, sociable. The patient understood that operation was extremely risky, but he also understood, that it was the only way rescues his life.
Really, the feature of operation is that doctors have rescued not only the face of the patient, but also his life. His illness causes malignant tumors. As much it was possible, physicians do not judge now, but everyone is looking for the best.
 The operation last for 15 hours. It was difficult, but from the surgical point of view all has passed normally. The surgeons have reunited veins, arteries, nerves, and they are functioning now. 
For the final result of the operation it is necessary to wait for a long time, even, for months. The first similar operation which the Frenchmen have leaded hardly more a year back has accustomed them to this idea. In so sensitive area there is too much “if”.


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