Dr. Epstein’s reaction to facial transplants
French team performs face transplant with eyelids
By ANGELA CHARLTON (AP) – 4 days ago
Dr. Laurent Lantieri, a surgeon at Henri-Mondor hospital in Creteil, France, performed a full face transplant on a 35-year-old man with neurofibromatosis. “The most difficult part of the operation was to connect the tear duct that goes through the bone,” Lantieri said. The procedure could eventually be used to help burn victims. For more information click here: Google/The Associated
Boy undergoes 19th facial reconstructive surgery at Ellis Health Center
A surgeon at Ellis Health Center in New York performed the 19th surgery on an Iranian boy born with no nose, one eye — in his temple — and his mouth at a 45-degree angle. Dr. Lucie Capek created a right nostril for young Mohammad Karimi. “Putting a smile on his face is so rewarding. He was so excited to have a nostril which was like a big big deal,” said Capek, who donated the surgery. WNYT-TV (Albany, N.Y.)
Dr. Epstein’s response:
At its very core, this is what Plastic Surgery is all about. Being innovative, using surgical skills to reshape, reform, and restore normal anatomy. When we figure out how to control the immunological response to the transplanted tissue, then the possibilities are endless. Interestingly enough the first two articles are very much related. The more success we have with these full face transplants, the more people like the child in the second story will be able to be restored to a normal life.
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