US's first facial transplant is done in Cleveland

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by sceniczip

Wasn't Rainbow Babies supposed to do the separation of twins who were older? I can't remember how old? But because of where they were joined at decided not to do it? I just vaguely remember that story because the article I read about it said something about how our Rainbow Babies was like the only hospital that would even consider doing it or something. I think they were from Egypt...

You are correct; it was Rainbow Babies, but the twins were I believe Romanian (father was a Byzantine Catholic priest) . Rainbow was suppose to do the surgery but cancelled it right before it happened due to complications. If I remember correctly, there was always speculation that the one girl would have never survived the operation.

They should be about 5 years old now.

[sceniczip]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

You are correct; it was Rainbow Babies, but the twins were I believe Romanian (father was a Byzantine Catholic priest) . Rainbow was suppose to do the surgery but cancelled it right before it happened due to complications. If I remember correctly, there was always speculation that the one girl would have never survived the operation.

They should be about 5 years old now.

Thank you for clarifying I hate when I can vaguely remember something but not quite because then it drives me crazy!

[Benzgirl]

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-...t-h-2008-12-22

Li Guoxing, 32, died in July at his home in southwestern China after taking herbal medicines instead of immune-suppressing drugs typically used to prevent recipients from rejecting donated tissue, his surgeon, Guo Shuzhong, told Agence-France Presse over the weekend. Li's death had been rumored for months on Chinese blogs, AFP notes.

"His death was not caused by the surgery. Our operation was a success," Guo told AFP. "But we cannot rule out a connection with the immune system drugs."