US plans first face transplant
September 19, 2005 | Source: BBC News
Cleveland Clinic surgeons are to interview a shortlist of patients hoping to be the first to receive a face transplant for a patient whose face is disfigured.
The procedure would involve taking skin and underlying tissues from a dead donor and placing them on the living recipient.
Computer modelling suggests the face should take on more of the characteristics of the skeleton of the recipient than the soft tissues of the donor.