The first successful full-face transplant surgery in US – Dallas Wiens
“It feels natural,” said Dallas Wiens, 26, Fort Worth, Texas. He has successful full-face transplant surgery on the first time in US, due to an accident which occurred in November 2008.
After successful full-face transplant surgery
When it Wiens worked as a volunteer, he was repairing the church paintings, and the head is too close to high voltage electrical cables, fire and lost almost all his face due to burns. Dallas Wiens critically in a coma for 90 days, when team doctors performed a full-face transplant surgery.
Wiens has received new nose, skin, lips, muscles and nerves from anonymous donors who don’t want to be identified.
in generally, only one of four transplant recipients who directly experienced facial sensory nerve repair. While the majority of the three other cases, it’s very difficult to reconnect their nerve, due to a severe level of injury and because of technical difficulties. This is a new experience for reconstructive surgery, said Dr. Jeffrey Janis from Parkland Hospital and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, who perform full-face transplants on Wiens.
Before transplant operation
He will be able to soon to feel the touch on his face, and he can already feel the pressure in his face, said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac. Maybe in 6-9 months ahead, he will be able to feel a light touch on his face and lips, the doctor says Pomahac, he also wished all the nerves in the face will soon be functioning.
Dallas Wiens underwent full-face transplant operation funded by the US. Defense Department has provided grant funding $ 3,400,000 for research for 5 transplant. The military hopes to use the findings from these plastic surgeons to help soldiers who suffered serious burns to the face. I can adapt very quickly and can smell and breathe again, he confessed him faith was very motivated, even though he was in the hands of an exceptional team of physicians. I am also in the hands of God’, said Wiens.
The meanwhile in Spain, in April 2010 and then, there is also a patient identified only as “Oscar” that for 24 hours to going full-face transplant surgery in Spain.
In France, full-face transplant surgery first performed in November 2005 on Isabelle Dinoire. She has suffered serious injuries in her face because a dog attack. She also received the new lips, chin and other facial features from an anonymous donor.
In addition, there were about a dozen patients who had successfully undergone full-face transplant surgery in the world, including China, France, Spain and the United States.
Posted on March 20, 2011 |
