Plastic Surgery Team Perform First Full Face Transplant in USA

A Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) plastic surgery team, led by Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, performed the first full face transplant in USA last week, the second face transplant procedure to be performed at BWH.

The team of more than 30 physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists and residents worked for more than 15 hours to replace the facial area of patient Dallas Wiens, including the nose, lips, facial skin, muscles of facial animation and the nerves that power them and provide sensation.

- Bohdan Pomahac, MD, of BWH Plastic Surgery

“Today’s tremendous news marks a new milestone in Brigham and Women’s legacy in transplant surgery. The pioneering achievement accomplished by the entire transplant team is a gift made possible by the most selfless act one human being can do for another, organ donation,” said Betsy Nabel, MD, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

“This remarkable, anonymous gift is another example of the life-affirming power of organ and tissue donation,” said Richard S. Luskin, president and CEO of New England Organ Bank. “As always we are immensely grateful to the donor and the donor family for their generosity.”

Below you will find the press conference highlights:

United States, Professional Plastic Surgery News

The November/December 2009 issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the journal’s publication and features a special series of articles on the art and science of the speciality.

The field is a dynamic one, notes journal editor Wayne F. Larrabee Jr., M.D., Seattle, in an introductory editorial. ‘On the research frontier, advances in wound healing, laser technology, biomaterials and other areas will transform facial plastic surgery in ways we can only imagine,’ he writes. ‘Surgical techniques will advance in an exciting – but more predictable – manner and result in better, safer outcomes for our patients. The articles in this issue speak strongly about the present and future of both facial plastic surgery and the Archives.’

Source and complete article also seen in Jama Archive Journals.

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