Abstract

Ever since the astonishing replantation of a nine-year-old’s face by Dr Abraham George Thomas’ surgical team at the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana, India, the possibility of a full facial transplant has become an aspiration for the advancement of surgery and science. Research into facial transplantation culminated in the French transplant team led by Professor Bernard Devauchelle and Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard successfully carrying out the world’s first partial facial allotransplantation in Amiens.

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