In Pictures: Worlds Most Extensive Face Transplant
Connie Culp, who’s face had been shattered by a point-blank shotgun wound in 2004, received the most extensive face transplant performed to date showed the results of her surgery on Tuesday night.
The 46 year old underwent a 22-hour operation performed by eight surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio last December.
Doctors said she will now be able to drink from a cup, eat solids, smile, smell and breathe through her nose.
She was shot in the face by her husband in Hopedale, Ohio, before he turned the gun on himself.
Thomas Culp, who also survived the apparent murder-suicide attempt, was jailed for seven years.
Posted on May 7, 2009 | Filed Under Life
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