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Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant in the United States

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BOSTON — A Texas construction worker horribly disfigured in a power line accident

has undergone the nation's first full face transplant in hopes of smiling again and feeling

kisses from his 3-year-old daughter.

Dallas Wiens, 25, received a new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves from an

unidentified dead person in an operation paid for by the U.S. military, which wants to

use what is learned to help soldiers with severe facial wounds.

Wiens will not resemble "either what he used to be or the donor," but something in

between, said plastic surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac. "The tissues are really molded on a

new person." Pomahac led a team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at

Brigham and Women's Hospital during the 15-hour operation last week. Wiens was

listed in good condition at the Boston hospital on Monday. He did not appear at a news

conference with the surgeon.

The Fort Worth man's features were all but burned away and he was left blind after

hitting a power line while painting a church in November 2008. The transplant was not

able to restore his sight, and some nerves were so badly damaged from his injury that he

will probably have only partial sensation on his left cheek and left forehead, the surgeon

said.

"When I saw Dallas for the first time I was worried that there may not be much we

could do," said Pomahac, (pronounced POE-muh-hawk).

Wiens (pronounced WEENS) has been able to talk to his family on the phone, said his

Texas Man Gets First Full Face Transplant In The United States - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet