Injured troops offered faceswap - The Sunday Times 2nd December 2007

THE British surgeon pioneering face transplants has offered to treat war veterans who have suffered disfiguring battle injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. Under the proposal by Peter Butler, clinical lead for plastic surgery at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust in London, soldiers could be among the recipients of the first full face transplants that his team are expected to carry out next year. “We definitely would offer treatment to any veterans who approached us,” said Butler. “We owe a debt to these people.”

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