Jean-Michel Dubernard
Encyclopedia
Jean-Michel Dubernerd is a medical doctor specializing in transplant
surgery
, as well as a former Deputy in the French National Assembly
.
Dr. Dubernerd is most famous for performing the first successful hand transplant
on Clint Hallam
on 23 September 1998, the first successful double hand transplant shortly thereafter (but not announced until 14 January 2004), and assisting Prof. Bernard Devauchelle
perform the first partial face transplant
on Isabelle Dinoire
on 27 November 2005.
Organ transplant
Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site on the patient's own body, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of regenerative medicine is allowing scientists and engineers to create organs to be...
surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
, as well as a former Deputy in the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
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Dr. Dubernerd is most famous for performing the first successful hand transplant
Hand transplant
Hand transplantation is a surgical procedure to transplant a hand from one human to another.The operation is carried out in the following order: bone fixation, tendon repair, artery repair, nerve repair, then vein repair. The operation typically lasts 8 to 12 hours...
on Clint Hallam
Clint Hallam
Clint Hallam was the first recipient of a human hand transplant.Hallam lost his hand in circular-saw accident at Rolleston prison in 1984, where he was serving time for fraud....
on 23 September 1998, the first successful double hand transplant shortly thereafter (but not announced until 14 January 2004), and assisting Prof. Bernard Devauchelle
Bernard Devauchelle
Dr. Bernard Devauchelle is a French oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He is best known as the first surgeon to successfully complete the first face transplant in November 2005 at Amiens University Hospital.- References :...
perform the first partial face transplant
Face transplant
A face transplant is a still-experimental procedure to replace all or part of a person's face. The world's first full face transplant was completed in Spain in 2010.-Beneficiaries of face transplant:...
on Isabelle Dinoire
Isabelle Dinoire
Isabelle Dinoire, born 1967, was the first person to undergo a partial face transplant, after her Labrador dog mauled her in May 2005.-Personal life:Dinoire lives in Valenciennes, northern France, and she is the mother of two children....
on 27 November 2005.
Sources
- www.handtransplant.org
- New York Times, December 6, 2005, "A Pioneering Transplant, and Now an Ethical Storm"
- New York Times, December 3, 2005, "Dire Wounds, a New Face, a Glimpse in a Mirror"