Cleveland clinic says it has completed first U.S. face tran
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_he_me/face_transplant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081216/capt.875209db969046a58d6086d691c6bd65.face_transplant_ny110.jpg?x=130y=96q=85sig=8Q.TkcmxMjdfW8ayzTk4Xw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In a Aug. 24, 2005 file photo, Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow adjusts her sterile bonnet as she heads into a micro-surgical procedure at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Clinic has done the nation's first almost total face transplant, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday, Dec.16, 2008. Dr. Maria Siemionow replaced 80 percent of a woman's face with that of a dead female donor. The hospital spokeswoman said that the operation was done a couple weeks ago. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The nation's first near-total face transplant has been done on a woman at the Cleveland Clinic, the hospital announced Tuesday. Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow replaced nearly all of the woman's face — 80 percent — with that of a dead female donor in an operation a couple weeks ago. The patient's name and age were not released. The hospital plans a news conference Wednesday and would not give details until then.</p><br clear="all"/>

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