A schoolgirl aged 14 who was badly disfigured in a fire has volunteered to undergo the world's first full face transplant. The groundbreaking surgery involves removing the face from a four-hour ...

British surgeons could perform the world's first full face transplant within months after being given the go-ahead. Consultant surgeon Peter Butler was granted permission for the pioneering ...

The possibility of the first full-face transplants for seriously disfigured patients was being discussed at a plastic surgeons' conference today. It is believed that a team of clinicians is being ...

Pfaff, 30, is now one of just several dozen people in the world who have successfully received a life-changing face transplant. Among them are Aaron James, who received the world’s first whole ...

Among them are Aaron James, who received the world’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant, and Katie Stubblefield, who was the youngest person to receive a face transplant in the United ...

Mayo Clinic performed its first facial transplant procedure in 2016. It's been nearly two decades since the first successful face transplant, and the Mayo said more than 50 have been since ...

Now just nine months after receiving one of America's first full face transplants ... approved him for the total face transplant surgery that changed his life. Surgeons spent weeks planning ...

Pfaff, 30, is now one of just several dozen people in the world who have successfully received a life-changing face transplant. Among them are Aaron James, who received the world’s first whole-eye and ...

The procedure presented unique challenges compared to Mayo’s first face transplant in 2016, Dr Mardini said, including a microsurgery to reroute the flow of Derek’s tears so they would drip ...

It was the first of almost 60 surgeries leading up to his face transplant. "We were prepared to have the discussion of organ donation, and they said, 'There is brain activity,' " Lisa Pfaff said.