Face Transplant Success Brings Call for Wider Use (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Tue, 07/14/2009 - 16:30

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- The success of last December's near-total face transplant in Cleveland should prompt consideration of this approach as first-line treatment for severe facial trauma, said the surgeons who performed the operation.


 

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