Surgeons 'rebuild' patient's face
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Surgeons carry out the first full face reconstruction, including the nose, using a single flap of skin.
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Scientists are working on a technique to repair fractures using a patient's own stem cells.
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In a new study, researchers describe a man whose jaw was successfully reconstructed using a bone that was grown from scratch under the muscles in his back.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say in a new medical journal article that they are ready to perform a face transplant.
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A year after a Frenchwoman received the world's first partial face transplant, doctors say the operation was a success and she is gaining more and more sensitivity and facial mobility.
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Surgeons get a shock when a patient sheds dark green blood.
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UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells.
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CLEVELAND -- A person severely disfigured by burns or disease could receive the first human face transplant using tissues from an organ donor.
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A man has eaten his first solid meal in nine years after his face was rebuilt using a pioneering jaw-bone graft.
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Britons are getting more cosmetic surgery and other treatments intended to improve their looks, with nearly a fifth more procedures carried out last year versus 2003, an industry body said Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Undergoing cosmetic surgery   performed by someone who's improperly trained can result in   scarring, burning and, in some cases, even death, a group of   dermatologic surgeons warns.
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Britons are getting more cosmetic  surgery and other treatments intended to improve their looks,  with nearly a fifth more procedures carried out last year  versus 2003, an industry body said Monday.
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The Frenchwoman who received the worldâs first partial face transplant regained nearly full use of her facial muscles within 18 months.
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A new technique is helping re-animate the faces of patients with severe long-term facial paralysis, doctors say.
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A 15-year-old Haitian girl who once suffered from a massive tumor-like growth that had engulfed her face underwent a third surgery that included reconstruction on her eyes, nose and upper lip, a doctor said Friday.
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LONDON: A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first solid meal in nine years -- a bratwurst sandwich -- after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his face.
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years â- bratwurst sandwich â -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an