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37-Year-Old Man Receives the Most Extensive Full Face Transplant Ever Performed, Consisting of a New Face, Teeth, Tongue and Jaw -- March 2012
A 37-year-old Virginia man who was injured in a 1997 gun accident has received the most extensive full face transplant ever performed which consisted of a new face, teeth, tongue and jaw. Read more
3D Printer-Created Jaw Implanted in 83-Year-Old Woman-- February 2012
Belgium and Netherland medical researchers successfully replaced the jaw of an 83-year-old woman with a 3-D printer-created lower jaw in what doctors say was the first operation of its kind. Read more
Surgeons Successfully Remove Giant Shell-Like Mole From Colombian "Turtle Boy" -- April 2012
Surgeons have successfully removed an enormous shell-like mole that completely covered the back of a Colombian child dubbed “turtle boy” who suffered a rare condition called Congenital Melanocytic Nevus. Read more
Paralyzed Man Regains Hand Function After Breakthrough Nerve Rewiring Procedure -- May 2012
A man who had been paralyzed from the waist down and had lost all function in both his hands can move his fingers after doctors rewired his nerves to bypass the damaged ones in a pioneering surgical procedure. Read more
Pakistani Surgeons Successfully Remove Four Limbs From Six-Legged Baby -- April 2012
A baby boy in Pakistan born with six legs is recovering after undergoing a successful operation to remove his four extra limbs. Read more
6-Year-Old Girl Receives the World First Triple Organ Transplant Operation Ever Performed on a Child (Gets New Liver, Two Kidneys and Pancreas) -- March 2012
A 6-year-old girl from Jacksonville, Florida is on her way to full recovery after receiving the first triple organ transplant operation performed on a child. Read more
US Surgeons Successfully Stop the World's Tallest Man From Growing -- March 2012
Doctors at the University of Virginia Medical Center have stopped the world’s tallest living man from growing. Read more
Recycled Kidney Successfully Implanted Into 2nd Recipient After First Failed Transplant for the First Time in the U.S. -- April 2012
Surgeons have successfully transplanted a kidney that had already been transplanted in one patient, but started to fail, into a second patient. Read more
Mind-Controlled Robotic Arms Give Hope to the Paralyzed -- May 2012
A paralyzed woman can control objects with just her mind. No, this not the X-Men but thanks to a brain-controlled robotic arm, the woman took a drink from a cup, by herself, for the first time in 15 years. Read more
Surgeons Successfully Remove Peach-Sized Tumor From 17-Week Old Fetus in Pioneering In-Utero Operation -- June 2012
Surgeons performed the world's first in-utero surgery on a 17-week old fetus, after an ultrasound scan revealed that the unborn baby had a rare and fatal tumor growing from its mouth. Read more
Mexican Doctors Successfully Remove Colossal 33-Pound Tumor that Was Bigger Than the Toddler Carrying It -- June 2012
Mexican doctors have successfully removed a 33-pound benign tumor that was heavier than the toddler it was attached to. Read more
World's Smallest Artificial Heart Saves 16-Month-Old Italian Baby by Keeping the Infant Alive for 13 Days Until an Organ Donor Was Found -- May 2012
A 16 month old baby from Italy became the first recipient of the world’s smallest artificial heart... Read more
From the most extensive face transplant to the first surgery performed in the womb to mind-controlled robotic arms, here is a collection of some breath-taking surgeries performed in 2012.
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