Face in the mirror : a surgeon, a patient, and the remarkable story of the first face transplant at Mayo Clinic
"In 2006, at the age of 21, electrician apprentice Andy Sandness spent Christmas Eve drinking at a party and in a deep state of depression. He stormed back to the home he shared with his mother in Wyoming and shot himself in the face with a rifle kept in a closet. The resulting injury left his brain intact but grievously damaged his face. Airlifted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Andy spent months unable to eat and speak. As he gradua...
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