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==== Canada ==== In May 2018, the first Canadian complete face transplant was performed under the leadership of [[plastic surgery|plastic surgeon]] [[Daniel Borsuk]] at the Hopital Maisonneuve Rosemont, in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirkey |first1=Sharon |title=Canada's First Face Transplant |url=https://nationalpost.com/feature/canadas-first-face-transplant |access-date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Postmedia© 2018 National Post |date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lemieux |first1=Danny |title=The face of a stranger |url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/face-transplant-montreal-hospital |access-date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Company |date=12 September 2018}}</ref> The transplant took over 30 hours and replaced the upper and lower jaws, nose, lips and teeth on [[Maurice Desjardins]], a 64-year-old man that shot himself in a hunting accident. At that time, Mr. Desjardins was the oldest person to benefit from a face transplant.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hachey |first1=Isabelle |title=L'homme au deux visages |url=http://www.lapresse.ca/sciences/medecine/201809/12/01-5196211-lhomme-aux-deux-visages.php |access-date=30 September 2018 |newspaper=La Presse |date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Eli |title=His face was severely damaged on a hunt. Now he's the world's oldest face transplant recipient. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/09/14/his-face-was-severely-damaged-on-a-hunt-now-hes-the-worlds-oldest-face-transplant-recipient/ |access-date=30 September 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
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