Editing Face transplant (section)

====Poland====
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On 15 May 2013, at the [[Curie Institute, Warsaw|Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology]] branch in [[Gliwice]], Poland, an entire face was transplanted onto a male patient, Grzegorz (aged 33) after he lost the front of his head in a machine accident at work. The surgery took 27 hours and was directed by Professor Adam Maciejewski. There had not been much planning or prep time before the surgery, which was performed about one month after the accident, because the transplantation was done as an urgent life-saving surgery due to the patient's difficulty in eating and breathing. Shortly after the donor's death, the decision to perform the surgery was made and his body was transported hundreds of kilometers to Gliwice once his relatives gave their consent. The doctors believe that their patient has an excellent chance to live a normal, active life after surgery, and that his face should operate more or less normally (his eyes survived the accident untouched).<ref>{{cite news |last=Scislowska |first=Monika |title=Poland's 1st face transplant patient goes home  |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/30/poland--face-transplant/2601385/ |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=30 July 2013 |access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref>

Seven months later, on 4 December, the same Polish medical team in Gliwice transplanted a face onto a 26-year-old female patient with [[neurofibromatosis]]. Two months after the operation, she left the hospital.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/graphic-pics-polish-woman-full-face-transplant-article-1.1547027 |title = Polish woman undergoes full face transplant|website = [[New York Daily News]]| date=13 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rynekzdrowia.pl/Uslugi-medyczne/Slaskie-pacjentka-po-przeszczepie-twarzy-opuszcza-szpital,138503,8.html | title=Śląskie: Pacjentka po przeszczepie twarzy opuszcza szpital – Usługi medyczne| date=19 February 2014}}</ref>