NEWS: News: Chinese man gets partial face transplant

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BEIJING — A man whose face was badly disfigured after an attack by a black bear received a partial face transplant Friday, in what a hospital described as a first for China.

The hospital's claims, if verified by independent experts, would make China the second country to conduct the procedure.

The partial face transplant came only half a year after doctors in Amiens, France, performed the world's first such procedure, transplanting lips, a chin and a nose on to a woman who had been attacked by a dog.

In Friday's operation, a statement from Xijing Hospital in the central city of Xi'an said Li Guoxing was given a new cheek, upper lip, nose, and an eyebrow from a single donor. No details were provided about the donor...

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...ent_652372.htm

[tonytone]

amazing...geez, attacked by a bear..that's rough

[MatrixGuy]

Gruesome! But definately looks better. I feel sorry for him.

[ect0m0rph]

Face transplants sounds cool although if I got attacked by a bear I think I would leave the face as is and go around freakin people out.

[bigpapabuff]

Face transplants sounds cool although if I got attacked by a bear I think I would leave the face as is and go around freakin people out.

And it's a battle wound, women love that sort of thing.