US Doctors Perform Full-Face Transplant
Doctors at a hospital in the eastern city of Boston have performed the first full-face transplant(移植) in the United States on a man who lost most of his face in a crippling electrical accident.
In a 15-hour surgery performed last week, patient Dallas Wiens, 25, of Fort Worth, Texas, was given a a new nose, lips, facial skin and muscles and the nerves that animate 1 the face and provide sensation.
Wiens was injured in November 2008 when his head touched a high-voltage electrical wire. The burns erased 2 all of his facial features.
Doctor Bohdan Pomahac who led the surgical 3 team said Wiens should regain 4 sensation in most of his face. The plastic surgeon said Wiens' new face won't resemble "what he used to look like", nor will he look like the donor 5. The donor's identity was not revealed.
The doctors were not able to restore Wiens' vision, which he also lost in the accident.
The first full-face transplant was performed in Spain in March 2010.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
- We are animate beings,living creatures.我们是有生命的存在，有生命的动物。
- The girls watched,little teasing smiles animating their faces.女孩们注视着，脸上挂着调皮的微笑，显得愈加活泼。
- He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。
- He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
- The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。