Chinese Man Gets Partial Face Transplant
A man whose face was badly disfigured after an attack by a black bear received a partial face transplant Friday, in what a hospital described as a first for China.
The hospital’s claims, if verified by independent experts, would make China the second country to conduct the procedure.
The partial face transplant came only half a year after doctors in Amiens, France, performed the world’s first such procedure, transplanting lips, a chin and a nose on to a woman who had been attacked by a dog.
In Friday’s operation, a statement from Xijing Hospital in the central city of Xi’an said Li Guoxing was given a new cheek, upper lip, nose, and an eyebrow from a single donor. No details were provided about the donor.
“Up to now, the patient is in good condition,” the military hospital said. “The operation was successful. It is predicted that the wounds can be healed within one week.”
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