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First-ever face transplant performed

25.01.2018

French surgeons performed a second facial tissue transplant on the same patient. The operation had to be carried out, as the rejection of donor tissues transplanted for the first time began.

The first operation was performed on the patient about seven years ago. But at the end of last year, tissue rejection began, and surgeons at the Georges Pompidou Hospital decided to repeat the procedure. On November 30, 2017, doctors removed the unattached facial tissues, after which the patient was put into an artificial coma for almost a month and a half. In mid-January, another operation was performed, during which new donor tissues were transplanted. The operation went on for almost a day.

According to the doctors, the operation was successful, but until they undertake to draw final conclusions, it will take time to check how the tissues will take root.

In total, only about 40 face transplants have been performed in the world, this is a very complex procedure. A complete or partial transplant is required after injuries of a different nature - injuries, burns, etc. This is not just a skin transplant, but a complex process of restoring the normal functions of breathing, smell, and the possibility of mimic movements. But in order for the tissues not to be rejected, the patient has to take drugs that suppress the immune system all his life. At the same time, these drugs deprive a person of protection against infections and, according to some reports, increase the risk of cancer.

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