http://www.metafilter.com/tags/facetransplants Posts tagged with 'facetransplants' at MetaFilter. Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:06:07 -0800 Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:06:07 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/24231/Hi%2Dhoney%2DIm%2Dhome%2DGuess%2Dwhat <a href="http://www.NYTimes.com/2003/03/09/magazine/09FACE.html?8hpib=&amp;pagewanted=print&amp;position=top">Face Transplants</a> : "...the harvesting or ''degloving'' of a face would take approximately two hours, depending on the depth of the excision. It is possible to remove not just skin and subcutaneous fat and muscle but....part of the donor's bone and cartilage as well. Still, the deeper the cut, the more complex becomes the reattachment." tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24231 Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:06:07 -0800 facetransplants medicine surgery troutfishing