TRUNG HỌC DUY TÂN - PHAN RANG

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Woman has world's first full face transplant Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. This undated photo of Connie Culp, before the injury to her face would lead her to become the first face transplant patient in the United States. The 46-year-old mother of two lost most of the midsection of her face to a gunshot in 2004. This is a CT scan photo, supplied by Cleveland Clinic, of Connie Culp. The 46-year-old mother of two lost most of the midsection of her face to a gunshot in 2004. In this undated photo from the Cleveland Clinic, the transplant team performs the first face transplant surgery in the U.S. on Connie. The initial surgery by the Cleveland Clinic team took place in December 2008. In this undated photo from the Cleveland Clinic, the transplant team performs the first face transplant surgery in the U.S. on Connie. The initial surgery by the Cleveland Clinic team took place in December 2008. Culp has underwent the first face transplant surgery the United States at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008. Connie Culp, who underwent the first face transplant surgery in the U.S., speaks to the media at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Connie Culp ,second from left, who underwent the first face transplant surgery in the U.S, is helped to the podium by her head surgeon, Dr. Maria Siemionow, right, as well as Renee Bennett, the nurse manager for the Clinic's transplant program, far left, and Pat Lock, a nurse with the transplant team, third from left, before speaking to the media at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Connie Culp, after an injury to her face, left, and right as she appears today. Culp is underwent the first face transplant surgery the United States at the Cleveland Clinic.