In the United States, doctors successfully conducted a "largest" person transplant operation (photo)

At the University of Maryland, an operation to transplant a person has been successfully performed, which is currently a “largest” surgical intervention of this kind, BBC reports.

Before the transplantation, the 37-year-old American Richard Lee Norris, whose face was seriously disfigured as a result of an accident with a gun, had actually lived a hermit for 15 years and went outside only in a mask, and not one of the operations he underwent gave any result.

However, on March 21, the unknown sacrificed Norris and several more needy organs. As a result of a 36-hour operation, a man was transplanted not only a new face, but also a jaw, nose, teeth and tongue.

Now, according to doctors who set themselves the goal not only to restore functions, but also to achieve aesthetic results, Norris will be able to return to normal life. “He feels his face, already shaves and brushes his teeth. Also, Richard had a sense of smell, which he lost 15 years ago after an accident,” the doctors say. Now he has a rehabilitation course, during which the man will gradually begin to speak, chew, eat, laugh.

The operation, which was preceded by the ten -year training and in which more than 100 doctors and scientists were involved, is a unique case in the history of person transplantation, who should change the future of medicine, the dean of the University of Medical Medicine Maryland Albert Rice is sure.

In turn, the US Navy, which was engaged in financing this operation, hopes that the developed methods and gained experience will help in the treatment of victims in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the Pentagon, about 200 wounded military personnel need such an operation.

The first full person’s transplantation was also carried out in the United States last year. Then the owner of a full-fledged "stranger" was 25-year-old American Dallas Wins, who received a huge burn on his face, accidentally hitting a high-voltage cable with his cheek, writes Gazeta.ru .