Lasts From A Female Chimpanzees Shows A New Face For The First Photo
A woman who has undergone a complete face transplant in May after being attacked by a chimpanzee in 2009, showed its new face in a photo published on Thursday.
Charla Nash, 57, who was photographed in a hospital bed at Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, seems radically different, with a new nose, lips and facial skin.
Charla Nash, 57, who was photographed in a hospital bed at Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, seems radically different, with a new nose, lips and facial skin.
"Now I'll be able to do things I took for granted," Nash said in a statement.
"I will be able to smell. I will be able to eat normally. I will not be disfigured. I have lips and speak clearly again. I'll be able to kiss and hug their loved ones."
Nash was injured, when a friend of 200 pounds (91 kg) Pet Chimp fury went two years ago. He lost his hands, lips, nose and eyes, leaving him blind and disfigured after the attack. The animal was then shot at police.
When it comes to a grueling 20-hour full face transplant surgery at the hospital in May Now Nash is just the photo, almost blushing, skin color.
Before surgery, Nash was often photographed wearing a veil to hide her disfigurement.
Nash was a face transplant surgery complete, the third of its kind in the United States, all in the same hospital.
Anonymous donor, provided that a woman's face, hands and other fabrics, which made possible the surgery. The manual transmission was considered successful, but the hands can not, after complications from pneumonia and was removed.
On the other hand, the transfer could be attempted if a suitable donor is identified, the doctors said.
Nash's face was reconstructed by the medical team of over 30 doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and residents of a challenging surgery is complicated by the double-hand transplant.
The first face transplant in the world was fully completed in Spain in 2010.
"I will be able to smell. I will be able to eat normally. I will not be disfigured. I have lips and speak clearly again. I'll be able to kiss and hug their loved ones."
Nash was injured, when a friend of 200 pounds (91 kg) Pet Chimp fury went two years ago. He lost his hands, lips, nose and eyes, leaving him blind and disfigured after the attack. The animal was then shot at police.
Before surgery, Nash was often photographed wearing a veil to hide her disfigurement.
Nash was a face transplant surgery complete, the third of its kind in the United States, all in the same hospital.
Nash's face was reconstructed by the medical team of over 30 doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and residents of a challenging surgery is complicated by the double-hand transplant.
The first face transplant in the world was fully completed in Spain in 2010.
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