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NYU Langone Medical Center announces successful total face, scalp transplant
NYU Langone Medical Center held a press conference today to announce the successful completion of the most extensive face transplant to date, which took 26 hours and involved more than 100 staff members.The recipient was retired volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison, aged 41, of Senatobia, Mississippi, who experienced extensive facial burns resulting in severe disfigurement of his head, scalp and upper torso in September 2001 during a firefighting accident. The surgery included transplantation of eyelids and blink mechanisms.