Tags
Bone, Cleveland Clinic, Face, Health, Muscle, Nerves, Nurse, Surgeon, Tissue, Transplant
This exciting project was funded through the Rutgers-Cleveland Clinic Consortium of AFIRM. Cleveland Clinic performed its second near-total face transplant on a patient missing the middle of his face, forehead and eye sockets. For 24 hours, more than 12 surgeons, dozens of nurses and other health professionals meticulously transplant donor tissue, nerves, bone and muscle. The result: a face restored. A life transformed.