Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night that forever changed his life. “I don’t remember anything,” said Pfaff, from Harbor Beach, Michigan. “I don’t remember getting the gun, going outside, shooting myself or the weeks afterwards.”

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Survivor of suicide attempt receives innovative face transplant: ‘It was just a miracle’

Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night that forever changed his life.

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Dereck had to undergo 58 surgeries after an incident, as he had suffered damage to his ability to swallow, breathe, chew, smile, and blink.

Dereck tuvo que ser sometido a 58 cirugías tras un incidente, dado que había sufrido afectaciones en su capacidad de tragar, respirar, masticar, sonreír y parpadear.

Él es Derek Pfaff, quien recibió innovador trasplante de cara por la Mayo Clinic; este es el antes y después

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This is Derek Pfaff, who received innovative face transplant for the Mayo Clinic; this is the before and after

A man is able to blink, swallow, smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade, thanks to a face transplant performed at Mayo Clinic. The transformative and complex procedure highlights the skill of Mayo Clinic’s multidisciplinary surgical team, which offers hope to patients with complex medical needs.

أصبح رجل قادرًا على الرمش والبلع والابتسام والتنفس من خلال أنفه لأول مرة منذ عقد من الزمان، وذلك بفضل عملية زرع وجه أجريت في مايو كلينك. يسلط هذا الإجراء التحويلي والمعقد الضوء على مهارة الفريق الجراحي متعدد التخصصات في مايو كلينك، والذي يقدم الأمل للمرضى الذين يعانون من احتياجات طبية معقدة.

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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night that forever changed his life. “I don’t remember anything,” said Pfaff, from Harbor Beach, Michigan. “I don’t remember getting the gun, going outside, shooting myself or the weeks afterwards.” It was shortly after 1:30 a.m. when his fathe…

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Mid-Michigan suicide survivor receives innovative face transplant

(CNN) — Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night that forever changed his life. “I don’t remember…

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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 second face transplant and its most complex and extensive one to date.   The surgery was performed in February and lasted for more than 50 hours and involved a medical team of at least 80 health care professionals, including surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse…

Mayo Clinic performs its second — and most complicated — face transplant

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