Firefighter receives full face transplant in surgery called 'historic'
by Alan Yuhas and Martin Pengelly in New York from on (#TS79)
Ninety-three days after transplant, surgeons say Patrick Hardison, a retired fireman injured when a burning roof collapsed on him, is making a full recovery
Surgeons in New York have declared the most extensive face transplant ever a success, saying the procedure to give a firefighter the face of a brain-dead man stands as a "historic" achievement.
In August surgeons at New York University's Langone Medical Center performed the transplant for 41-year-old Patrick Hardison, a retired fireman from Mississippi who suffered disfiguring injuries when a burning roof collapsed on him, melting his mask, in 2001.
