A 30-year-old Michigan man can scent, swallow, blink and smile for the primary time in a decade because of a face transplant at Mayo Clinic.
In the final 20 years, just a bit greater than 50 face transplants have been carried out worldwide. This is the second face transplant accomplished at Mayo Clinic.
For Derek Pfaff, the transformational surgical procedure has been life-changing.
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