Spain's face transplant success stories

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Spain's face transplant success stories

Photos of full and partial face transplant cases which were performed by hospitals in Spain.

Oscar, a man who underwent a full-face transplant in April, poses for the photographers as he appears in public for the first time in a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, July 26, 2010. A 30-member medical team led by the Spanish doctor Juan Barret carried out a full-face transplant, giving a young man who suffered severe facial injuries in an accident a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features.

Seen here is the man who underwent a full-face transplant in April. He appears before, left, and after, right, the surgery at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. A 30-member medical team led by the Spanish doctor Joan Barret carried out a full-face transplant, giving a young man who lost his in an accident a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features.

Oscar, right, a man who underwent a full-face transplant in April, and Dr. Joan Barret after appearing in public for the first time in a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain.

Oscar, center, a man who underwent a full-face transplant in April, stands beside Dr. Joan Barret, left, and is surrounded by doctors as he appears in public for the first time at a news conference.

Oscar, right, a man who underwent a full-face transplant in April, poses with the Spanish Dr. Joan Barret for the photographers as he appears in public for the first time in a news conference.

Spain is becoming known for its successful face transplants. Spanish Dr. Joan Pere Barret poses for a portrait next to Magnetic Resonance Images of the man who underwent a full-face transplant at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Barret was the lead surgeon of a 30-member medical team that carried out a full-face transplant.

In this photo of a Magnetic Resonance Image, the injures of a man who underwent a full-face transplant are seen close-up before the surgical procedure was performed at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain.

Another MRI from the full-face transplant procedure, a first in the world of medicine.

In this combo of computer-generated images released by the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, the various steps undertaken to perform a full-face transplant on a young male patient in late March 2010 are graphically illustrated.

Spain has had other successes with face transplants. Rafael, a man who underwent partial face transplant in January, poses for a photo with his mother, Juana, as he appears in public for the first time in a news conference at the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital in Seville, Spain. Doctors replaced the bottom two-thirds of his face because of a congenital disease that left it deformed with benign tumors.

Rafael, a man who underwent partial face transplant in January, is assisted by family and hospital staff as he appears in public for the first time in a news conference at the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital in Seville, Spain. He thanked the donor's family and the medical team, but is requesting privacy as he begins a long period of rehabilitation.

Rafael embraces a joyful nurse, left, as he appears in public for the first time in a news conference at the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital in Seville, Spain. The procedure was the second partial face transplant performed in Spain.

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Oscar, a man who underwent a full-face transplant in April, poses for the photographers as he appears in public for the first time in a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, July 26, 2010. A 30-member medical team led by the Spanish doctor Juan Barret carried out a full-face transplant, giving a young man who suffered severe facial injuries in an accident a new nose, skin, jaws, cheekbones, teeth and other features.

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