A high-voltage wire destroyed his face. Doctors just gave him a new one.
Doctors are waiting to see if man will regain his sight after receiving the first-ever whole eye and face transplant, which had been seen as too risky
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Doctors are waiting to see if man will regain his sight after receiving the first-ever whole eye and face transplant, which had been seen as too risky
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health made medical history with an unprecedented, successful combined whole-eye and partial-face transplant operation.
A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for a 46-year-old military veteran from Arkansas who survived a work-related high-voltage electrical accident.
It was a moment Meagan James never expected to witness.
(CNN) — It was a moment Meagan James never expected to witness.