Source: www.mirror.co.uk
Author: staff

Surgeons have successfully carried out the world’s first face, jaw and tongue transplant.

They spent 16 hours operating on a man of 43 whose face had been horribly disfigured by radiotherapy for a tumour 11 years ago.

The patient will eventually be able to eat, taste, swallow and speak again.

Pedro Cavadas, who led 30 Spanish medics in Valencia in the day-long op, said yesterday: “The patient’s seen himself and is delighted.”

The case was marred by controversy after authorities released details about the donor against his family’s wishes. French woman Isabelle Dinoire received the first face transplant four years ago after losing her nose, lips and chin when a dog mauled her.