Isabelle Dinoire
Isabelle Dinoire (* 1967 in Valenciennes , France , † April 22, 2016 in Amiens ) was the first person to have a face transplant successfully .
accident
The mouth and nose area of her own face was completely destroyed in May 2005 by the bites of her Labrador hybrid. She tried to commit suicide using sleeping pills. The dog may want to wake her up and panic when he failed.
surgery
On November 27, 2005, French doctors performed the operation in which the patient's lower face was transplanted into an already brain-dead woman. The graft included the skin of the nose, mouth, chin and parts of the cheeks.
On February 6, 2006, she went public for the first time after the operation in the form of a press conference. She said the five-month wait for surgery was very difficult for her. She expressed the hope that her case would contribute to “helping others to live again” in the future. She also hopes to be able to “lead a normal life” again soon, although there are still many rehabilitation efforts ahead of her. She thanked the doctors and the dead organ donor who had enabled her to lead a "second life" with the donation.
At the end of November 2006, she was able to control the transplanted face enough to make a smile possible. However, within that time, her immune system almost rejected the graft twice; however, the doctors were able to prevent this with medication.
Critics consider the face transplant to be premature in this case, as one could have tried to achieve an acceptable result by transplanting one's own skin. The transplantation of alien skin carries great rejection risks and is therefore associated with lifelong strong medication for immunosuppression , which carries further health risks, according to the critics. The doctors performing the surgery, however, still consider the face transplant to be the right decision and a success.
Isabelle Dinoire died, as it became known at the beginning of September 2016, in April 2016 at the age of 49 years of complications from two cancers.
See also
Web links
- "Woman with a new face shows up" , dpa / stern , February 6, 2006
- "French woman shows her newly grown face" ( Memento from November 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Netzeitung , February 6, 2006
- "Face transplantation: The smile is back" , FAZ , December 27, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ FOCUS Online: "I was hunted like a rare animal". Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Face transplant : "The smile is back", FAZ, December 27, 2007
- ↑ Woman who underwent the world's first face transplant after horror dog attack dies aged 49 , mirror.co.uk, September 6, 2016, accessed September 6, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dinoire, Isabelle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French woman, first patient with a successful face transplant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2016 |
| Place of death | Amiens |