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Family sees God’s hand in son’s survival after suicide attempt, successful face transplant
Two weeks after his surgery when Derek got out of ICU, Lisa took him in his wheelchair to St. Mary’s Catholic Chapel on the ...
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Transplant at Mayo Clinic replaces 85 percent of patient’s face after more than 50 hours of surgery
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, ...
The story of Mayo Clinic’s second face transplant, a decade in the making
A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff’s life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again ...
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“I lived for a reason:” Mayo Clinic Completes Successful Facial Transplant for Survivor of Suicide Attempt
Rochester, MN ( KROC-AM News )- A man who survived an attempt to take his own life has been given a new face to embark on his ...
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 ...