Showing posts with label facial transplant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facial transplant. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Face that doctors built: Gun accident victim shows off world's first full facial transplant

Oscar underwent a full-face transplant in March. He appeared in public for the first time in a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain
Oscar, 31, underwent a full-face transplant in March. He appeared in public today for the first time at a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain
Oscar (centre) with his sister and Dr Joan Barrett at the press conference. He can now eat a soft food diet and is learning to speak again
Oscar (centre) with his sister and Dr Joan Barrett at the press conference. He can now eat a soft food diet and is learning to speak again
Oscar stands beside Dr Joan Barret, left, and is surrounded by his doctors. He was treated by a team of 30 specialised medics
Oscar stands beside Dr Joan Barret, left, and is surrounded by his doctors. He was treated by a team of 30 specialists

Before the operation: Oscar lost his nose in a hunting accident with just a gaping hole for a mouth
Before the operation: Oscar lost his nose in a hunting accident

joan pere barret
Medical history: Dr Joan Pere Barret with X-rays showing the shattered face of the man prior to the operation