Second face transplant in US performed

"Advances in transplantation only happen when there are individuals and families who can see past their own tragic circumstances and agree to donation," said Kevin O'Connor, whose New England Organ bank worked with a donor family to provide the organs and tissue required for the transplant.
The patient has requested anonymity, and the hospital did not say what injuries or conditions the patient suffered from.
The world's first partial face transplant was conducted in France in 2005.
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