The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, is taking a landmark step toward introducing face transplantation, a highly advanced and complex reconstructive procedure, and organised a training session on the procedure at the institute.
Washington [US], Aug 2 (ANI): Connie Culp (57), the first person in the United States to receive a near-total face transplant, has died, CNN reported citing Cleveland Clinic, where the procedure was performed in 2008.
Ohio [USA] Aug 16(ANI): After a 31-hour-long face transplant surgery, 21-year-old Katie Stubblefield has turned over a new leaf in her life. She underwent 17 surgeries before finally going under the knife for the transformational procedure.