But simultaneous face and double hand transplants are extremely rare and have only been tried twice before. The first attempt was in 2009 on a patient in Paris who died about a month later from complications. Two years later, Boston doctors tried it again on a woman who wasmauledby a chi...
The mother of two went on to speak out aboutdomestic violenceand to offer encouragement to others who underwentface transplants, including Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who was mauled by a pet chimpanzee. A transplant can help recipients—often victims of accidents, violence orrare genetic di...