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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 07 > French patient gets new face, hands

French patient gets new face, hands


April 7, 2009

PARIS — Dozens of doctors working in teams over 30 hours performed the world’s first simultaneous partial-face and double-hand transplant during the weekend, Paris’ Public Hospital authority said Monday. The recipient, a 30-year-old burn victim whose name was not....

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