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Woman, 57, who underwent the first face transplant in the U.S. dies from an infection

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Connie Culp, who became the first person in the US to receive a partial face transplant after surviving a gunshot blast to the face, has died from an infection.  Culp died 12 years after the groundbreaking operation, aged 57. The Cleveland Clinic, where her surgery was performed in 2008, said that Culp died on Wednesday … Read more

Woman who underwent first face transplant in the U.S.has died age 57

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Women who underwent the first face transplant in the U.S. in 2008 after her husband blasted her with a shotgun in a failed murder-suicide has died at the age of 57 Dr. Frank Papay announced Connie Culp’s death in a Thursday release  She was 57, and her cause of death has not yet been released  … Read more