Sentences with phrase «partial face transplant»

As soon as surgeons in France had performed the first partial face transplant (below) late in November, psychologists began to question whether the patient was mentally stable enough to handle the stressful, high - risk procedure.

On November 27, 2005, a team of French surgeons led by Jean - Michel Dubernard of the Édouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon successfully performed the world's first partial face transplant.

Then, in November 2005, French surgeons performed the world's first partial face transplant, on a woman whose Labrador mix had mauled her.

Since 2005, two partial face transplants have been performed in France, and another one took place in China.