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First Partial Face Transplant Recipient In The US Dies
< < Back toCLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — The recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S. has died almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation.
Her surgery had been performed at the clinic in 2008.
Dr. Frank Papay is chair of Cleveland Clinic’s dermatology and plastic surgery institute and was on her surgery team. He said in a statement that “her strength was evident in the fact that she had been the longest-living face transplant patient to date.”