Partial face transplant patient seeks privacy (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051207/hl_nm/partial_face_transplant_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051202/i/r3165590400.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=b1w95qv..crtI2MPvEYv1g--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="French surgeons Jean-Michel Dubernard (R) and Bernard Devauchelle answer questions during a news conference in Lyon December 2, 2005. In background is a computer generated image showing details of the partial face transplant performed by Dubernard and Bernard Devauchelle on a 38-year-old woman in Amiens on Sunday.French surgeons said they faced tough ethical questions when they performed the world's first partial face transplant, but decided to go ahead because it was the only way to help the patient. FRENCH MAGAZINES OUT REUTERS/Roland Quadrini" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A 38-year-old French woman who had the
world's first partial face transplant has asked journalists to
respect her privacy after a media frenzy over the operation
that gave her a new nose, lips and chin.</p><br clear=all>