Editing Face transplant (section)

====Belgium====
In December 2011, a 54-year-old man underwent a partial face transplant to the lower two-thirds of the face (including bone) after a ballistic accident. The operation was performed by a multidisciplinary team led by plastic surgeon Phillip Blondeel; Hubert Vermeersch, Nathalie Roche and Filip Stillaert were other members of the surgical team. For the first time 3D CT planning was used to plan the operation that lasted 20 hours. As of 2014 the patient is alive, with "good recovery of motor and sensory function and social reintegration".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Roche |first1=Nathalie A. |last2=Vermeersch |first2=Hubert F. |last3=Stillaert |first3=Filip B. |last4=Peters |first4=Kevin T. |last5=De Cubber |first5=Jan |last6=Van Lierde |first6=Kristiane |last7=Rogiers |first7=Xavier |last8=Colenbie |first8=Luc |last9=Peeters |first9=Patrick C. |last10=Lemmens |first10=Gilbert M.D. |last11=Blondeel |first11=Phillip N. |date=March 2015 |orig-date=Epub 20 November 2014 |title=Complex facial reconstruction by vascularized composite allotransplantation: The first Belgian case |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2014.11.005 |journal=Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=362–371 |doi=10.1016/j.bjps.2014.11.005 |pmid=25488328 |issn=1748-6815|url-access=subscription }}</ref>