Remember Dr. Pedro Cavadas? See the man in nursing uniform in the attached photo. He was the first surgeon in Spain who performed face transplant, the first ever transplant that included new tongue and jaw. Just this Sunday, Dr. Cavadas and his Spanish team did the world’s very first double-leg transplant. But to know if procedure was a success, we’ll have to wait at least one month. If it failed, it will be discovered almost immediately.
The recipient was an accident victim who could not have prosthetics because he did not have enough leg length to which the artificial leg could attach. After the double-leg operation was approved last year, the patient and Cavada’s team waited for a suitable donor. And at last, the procedure took place on Sunday night. It was not until fourteen hours that all bones, nerves, and muscles were delicately connected.
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