PHOTOS: Mouthless Man Attacked By Wolf To Get Face Transplant Using Muscles From His Legs

A man who lost most of his jaws after a brutal wolf attack when
he was an 11-year-old boy will finally get a face transplant,
Guizhou Province, China.
A 65-year-old Wu Xiuyou was a little boy when the predator
attacked him
A 65-year-old Wu Xiuyou was a little boy when the predator
attacked the child ripping off his mouth. Severely disfigured boy
can not eat solid food, he didn’t go to school, has never had a
job and still is a bachelor.
Mr Xiuyou will get a face transplant with missing face
muscles and lips
Now, 54 years later, Mr Xiuyou will get a face transplant
with missing face muscles and
lips. The reconstructive surgery is expected to take 10 hours,
and 20 physicians from 10 departments. The second operation
to reconstruct Mr Wu’s teeth will be carried only six months
later after the initial.
A surgery is expected to take 10 hours, and 20 physicians from
10 departments
Doctor Chen Fei, who will carry out the plastic surgery, said:
"The patient’s mouth is all missing; the jaws are distorted. It’ll
be the most challenging surgery I’ve ever done in the past 15
years.
The surgery will reconstruct his upper and lower lips and his
missing face muscles. We’ll take two musculocutaneous flaps
from his legs, and transplant them on to his face after tailoring
them. It involves a lot of nerve and vessel sutures."