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  A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor, AP reported.

 Identified only as Oscar, the 31-year-old spoke with considerable difficulty at a news conference at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital, where he was operated on in late March, the report said.


 

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, on Monday. (AP-Yonhap)


 According to the report, during the 24-hour surgery, doctors lifted an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, and placed it masklike onto the man. He has been described as a farmer who was unable to breathe or eat on his own after accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.

 The head of the surgical team, Dr. Joan Pere Barret, said Monday that Oscar will need between a year and 18 months of physical therapy and is expected to regain up to 90 percent of his facial functions. He is now being released from the hospital and sent home. (From news reports)

In this undated combo photo released by Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Oscar, a man who underwent a full-face transplant in April appears before, left, and after, right, the surgery at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona. (AP-Yonhap)
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 in the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona. (AP-Yonhap)




  

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