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Full Facial Transplant Is One Step Closer
Hugh Pickens writes "A Chinese medical team led by Shuzhong Guo of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi'an has successfully completed the first transplant to include facial bone in a transplant on a man whose face was slashed by a bear. The Chinese graft included muscles, nerves, blood vessels, cartilage and skin and included an intact salivary gland, another first. Two years after the procedure, the man can eat, drink and speak, thanks to the gradual fusing of transplanted nerves and muscles with what remained of the patient's own. This transplant together with the another ground breaking transplant last year by French doctors that removed a huge tumor that had completely infiltrated and disfigured their patient's face, now sets the stage for a full facial transplant."
Saw a pretty good documentary on this about 10 years ago. Ah, here it is.
The article doesn't mention this; but John Woo was a technical consultant for the Chinese surgical team.
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A Chinese medical team...has successfully completed the first facial transplant
They will do ANYTHING to ensure that their underage gymnasts can compete in the Olympics.
I'm a big tall mofo.
From the article:
The Chinese team, led by Shuzhong Guo of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi'an, is the first to include facial bone in a face transplant, carried out on 13 April 2006.
The correct version should read:
The Chinese team, led by Shuzhong Guo of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi'an, is the first to include facial bone in a face transplant, carried out on 13 April 2004.
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...those aren't wings, those are thetans :(
Take it all after I croak!
When I finally fall over dead I really won't need anything in my body. It would be nice to know that they might do someone else some good once I'm gone.
In fact, if someone does decide to done my face and do a kuku dance... they should date my girlfriend.
Talk about easing the transition!
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
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I agree.
So I suppose now he can grin and bear it.
In your face, bear!
Bear's response: Ooooooh, Face!
bear/
Think he picked out the new one with FaceBook?
Boy, is his face Red.
Now he'll have to face the truth like he's never faced it before.
Best thing about a face transplant? Turning up at the donors funeral and making ghost noises.
full facials for years....oh wait, whats that, "full facial transplants", nevermind.
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