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Nicoletta Lanese

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Doctors perform 1st ever whole eye partial face transplant - The Untold Story

A man in a hospital gown holds up a mirror to see his new facial transplant, while his doctor, dressed in a suit, and his wife and daughter sit and watch nearby.

For the first time, a patient received a whole new eye and a partial face in a groundbreaking transplant procedure.

The transplant recipient, a 46-year-old from Arkansas named Aaron James, had sustained a 7,200-volt electric shock while working as a high-voltage lineman on June 10, 2021.

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