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Rochester's Mayo Clinic successfully completes face transplant for Michigan man

A face transplant performed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester restored a Michigan man's face after 50 hours of surgery. The face of 30-year-old Derek Pfaff was left severely damaged by a self-inflicted ...
News Tribune

Transplant at Mayo Clinic replaces 85 percent of patient’s face after more than 50 hours of surgery

MINNEAPOLIS -- March 5 had been a day of dread for the Pfaff family since 2014, when Lisa and Jerry found their 19-year-old son, Derek, bleeding in the snow from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ...
Post-Bulletin

The story of Mayo Clinic's second face transplant, a decade in the making

ROCHESTER — Ten years ago, as Derek Pfaff was on life support following a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his family was preparing to donate his organs, if he died. Now, 30-year-old Derek Pfaff is on ...
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Mayo Clinic performs its second -- and most complicated -- face transplant

Nov. 19—ROCHESTER — After receiving a face transplant at Mayo Clinic earlier this year, a Michigan man can now smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade. It is Mayo Clinic's ...