NEW YORK CITY: A New York medical center said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) it had carried out the most complex and comprehensive face transplant to date, operating on a fire fighter horribly disfigured in 2001.
More than 100 doctors, nurses and medical support staff took part in the 26-hour operation on August 14-15 at the NYU Langone Medical Center after more than a year of preparation, it said.
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