Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez
Photo: Karsten Moran
In August of 2015, , the Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and chair of the at 嘿嘿视频, performed the most extensive ever. During the 26-hour operation, Dr. Rodriguez and his team of more than 100 medical professionals successfully grafted the face and scalp of a young person who had just died in an accident onto Patrick Hardison, a firefighter who had been horribly burned in a 2001 fire.
鈥淚t is an exciting time, and the future of organ transplantation continues to evolve,鈥 Dr. Rodriguez tells The Huffington Post.
Dr. Rodriguez says he is pleased by the results of the surgery, believed to be the 37th face transplant ever performed and the only one that involved transplanting the eyelids, ears, and scalp, as well as the face. He is also pleased to note that Hardison鈥檚 immune system hasn鈥檛 rejected his new face鈥攁n unprecedented outcome among those who have had the procedure.
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