5 hours agoThe world's first face transplant, the young man who was burned two years ago, with a new face.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)In July 2018, Joe Dimeo, then 20, lost control of his car and crashed into a brothel. The car broke out in flames, and Dimeo suffered third degree burns to nearly 80% of the body. The consequences were so severe that although Dimeo survived, he remained without eyelids and ears and many [...]
The consequences were so severe that although Dimeo survived, he was without eyelids, ears, and many of his fingers. The young man's life changed completely.
But doctors at the NYU Langone Medical Center announced on Wednesday that, after 23 hours in the operating room, the first successful world facial and hand transplant was performed on the youth.
“He is the most motivated patient I have ever met”, Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, head of the team that finished the operation.
There were over a hundred hand transplants performed successfully, and about 50 facial transplants. So there was basically no reason why they couldn't be done together, successfully”, he added.
Earlier, there were only two attempts to perform such transplants, but both were unsuccessful.
