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The Associated Press reported today that a Texas construction worker, whose face was completely disfigured by third-degree burns suffered when he fell into an electrical power line, successfully underwent the nation’s first full face transplant in a Boston hospital last week. Dallas Wiens, 25, received a new nose, lips, skin,…

Face transplant is an advanced medical procedure that involves replacing part or all of the patient’s face with a donor (cadaver) face. Face transplant can be a partial transplant in which only a section of the tissue is taken from the donor and given to the patient who is receiving…