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Posted on Nov 10, 2004, 3 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Facing Face Transplants: Science Fiction Becoming RealityProcedure Envisaged To Help People With Severe DisfigurementDoctors at the Cleveland Clinic say they have received authority to plan for facial transplants. They think the procedure might help people who are severely disfigured lead a better life.
Facing Face Transplants: Science Fiction Becoming RealityProcedure Envisaged To Help People With Severe DisfigurementDoctors at the Cleveland Clinic say they have received authority to plan for facial transplants. They think the procedure might help people who are severely disfigured lead a better life. "We are at this point ready to begin screening patients," said Dr. Maria Siemionow, the hospital's director of plastic surgery research and training in microscopic surgery, who advocated the procedure." See Clinic Gets OK On Face Transplants and CLEVELAND CLINIC APPROVES PATIENT PROTOCOL11/05/2004
http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2004/11/facing-face-transplants-science.html
http://purplemedicalblog.blogspot.com/2004/11/facing-face-transplants-science.html
