Updated 3/2017-- photos/videos and all links (except those to my own posts) removed as many are no longer active and it was easier than checking each one.
It continues to amaze me that colleagues are able to do such marvelous work to improve the lives of some. For Dallas Wiens, 25, the benefits and hope of an improved life outweigh the risks of surgery and rejection (transplant).
He is a construction worker from Ft. Worth, TX who suffered severe burns to his head two and a half years ago when the boom lift he was operating drifted into a nearby power line. The nearly fatal accident left him in a coma for three months.
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More on Facial Transplantation (March 1, 2010)
First Full Face Transplant Done! (July 12, 2010)
Facial Prosthetics Restores Face (August 5, 2010)
First Full Face Transplant Done! (July 12, 2010)
Facing Monday (January 24, 2011)
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