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  1. Face transplant - Wikipedia

    A facial transplant is a medical procedure in which a significant portion of tissue is grafted onto the donor recipient's face. typically involving the use of facial tissues from a deceased donor.

  2. Face transplant - Mayo Clinic

    A face transplant is performed to try to improve the quality of life for someone who has experienced severe trauma, burns, disease or birth defects that affected his or her face.

  3. Face Transplant: Surgery, How It Is Done & Rejection

    A face transplant is a rare type of surgery that replaces your damaged facial tissue with donated tissue from someone who’s died. It’s a complex procedure that requires a large team of specialized …

  4. Face Transplant - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Once blood is flowing through the transplanted face, any remaining muscles and nerves are connected, and the skin and soft tissues are closed. Facial transplant surgery typically takes 16 hours or more …

  5. What Is a Face Transplant? - WebMD

    A face transplant is a medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face with donor tissue, restoring function and appearance after a severe injury or illness.

  6. How is a Face Transplant Performed? - News-Medical.net

    What is a face transplant? A face transplant is a medical operation that involves the replacement of all or specific parts of the face using the facial tissue of another person (donor).

  7. Face Transplant: Indications, Outcomes, and Ethical Issues ...

    In the case of hand transplantation, complete rejection would bring the patient back to its initial state, but in the case of a face transplant, it would be extremely dangerous because it would lead to a state …