A 46-year-old Ohio woman revealed Tuesday that she is the first U.S. recipient of a face transplant, a procedure that embodies both the promise of major medical advances and the ethical and economic challenges they can pose for society.
Connie Culp underwent a 22-hour procedure at the Cleveland Clinic in December to restore function to a face that was ravaged by a shotgun blast in 2004. The wound left her without a nose, lower eyelids, upper jaw, palate and other features, and she had been unable to breathe on her own, eat solid food, smell or smile. Ms. Culp had been unable to leave her home without being shunned by others and teased by children.
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