Health
Burns victim Joe DiMeo is first to have face and hands transplant – The Times
Surgeons in New York have performed the first successful transplant of a face and hands, on to a young man who suffered 80 per cent burns in a car crash.Joe DiMeo,…
Surgeons in New York have performed the first successful transplant of a face and hands, on to a young man who suffered 80 per cent burns in a car crash.
Joe DiMeo, 22, was driving home after a nightshift in 2018 when his car struck a pole, flipped and burst into flames. He awoke months later from a medically induced coma after a series of reconstructive operations and skin grafts.
His survival was considered extraordinary. Most people with that amount of burns dont survive, said Eduardo Rodriguez,…
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