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From bizarre disorders to landmark operations, the medical world is overflowing with amazing tales, which always make for good reading. In the past I have written two lists of baffling medical cases. For today’s list I will once again regale you with 10 true-yet-unbelievable tales from the world of medicine that will surely astound you. As always, feel free to share your own unusual medical cases in the comments.
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Isabelle Dinoire, a Frenchwoman who received the world's first partial face transplant, has died 11 years after the surgery that set the stage for dozens of other transplants worldwide. She was 49.
Jean-Michel Dubernard led the world's first hand transplant in September 1998 Lyon: A pioneering French surgeon who undertook the world's first successful hand and face transplants has died at the age of 80, a friend told AFP on Sunday. Jean-Michel Dubernard, who became one of France's most famous medics during his career working in southeastern Lyon, collapsed at Istanbul airport on Saturday night while travelling with his family, the friend said, asking not to be named. Dubernard led the world's first hand transplant in September 1998 on a man from New Zealand, creating a sensation in the ...