Robert Chelsea and the First African American Face Transplant: Two Years On
Robert Chelsea and the First African American Face Transplant: Two Years On By Fay Bound Alberti On 27 July 2019,...
Robert Chelsea and the First African American Face Transplant: Two Years On By Fay Bound Alberti On 27 July 2019,...
In April 2013, a Polish stonemason, Grzegorz Galasiński, received the world's first 'emergency' face transplant after an industrial accident. The operation was performed within three weeks of injury, and was the first face transplant performed in Poland. For the first time, doctors described the surgery as life-saving, rather than life-enhancing. Consultant plastic and aesthetic surgeon Dan Saleh reflects on this surgery in our latest guest blog.
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