Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘surgery’

World’s First Face Transplant Patient is Discharged from Hospital

World’s First Face Transplant Patient is Discharged from Hospital

In 2005, a spanish farmer named Oscar (then 26) had a terrible gun accident. It left him not only with an entirely disfigured face, but also the inability to speak, eat or even breath normally. Oscar underwent the world’s first full facial transplant surgery 4 months ago, and now has almost fully recovered. He can [...]

Doctor Removes a Rod from a Child’s Brain

Doctor Removes a Rod from a Child’s Brain

Jessiah Jackson, a 17-month-old child from North Carolina is lucky to be alive today. Jackson somehow managed to get an L-shaped rod to penetrate his skull and enter his brain. Doctors say that he is a “miracle child” for being able to sustain such a blow to the head at a very young age. Carlton [...]