Many gorillas are orphaned by poachers, and the struggle to protect them from violence is the subject of a 2014 critically acclaimed documentary by executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio. The boys were playing by a river that flows along the edge of Virunga, the oldest national park in Africa and famous for being the home of the critically endangered mountain gorilla. So it’s very difficult to bring healthy tissue to that area and have it survive, much less reconnect nerves.” Dunia’s lost muscle, nerve and blood supply to the area, and there’s also a lot of scarring. “It’s not just a matter of just connecting tissue to lips. “This type of surgery is very difficult,” agrees Klempner, an orthodontist who will assist in the surgery. The team members, who along with Stony Brook University Hospital are donating their services, will take tissue and nerves from the boy’s arm to rebuild the lips. There’s maybe one or two reports in the world of both lips being reconstructed.” “A number of surgeries have rebuilt an upper or a lower lip,” says Dagum, “and that’s easier because you borrow tissue from one lip to rebuild the other. Another three to five surgeries will follow over the next year. Alexander Dagum, who will lead the team of surgeons who will perform the eight hour operation on Dunia on Monday on New York’s Long Island. The surgery to repair Dunia’s lips is very rare, according to Stony Brook Chief of Plastic Surgery Dr. "She's preparing the best she can to be a blind person.Dunia Sibomana Courtesy Stoney Brook Children's Hospital It makes you feel good, and we're very thankful," Steve Nash said about the face transplant. "It's brought my sister to a better quality of life. She also has only a top row of teeth and doctors are planning to install a lower row soon, he said. Nash's brother, Steve Nash, said his sister had maintained a positive outlook since the mauling, and the family hopes she can get the double hand transplant in about six months. Nash's family is suing the estate of the chimpanzee's owner, Sandra Herold, for $50m and wants to sue the state for $150m, claiming that officials failed to prevent the attack. "This has really given my mom the hope to move forward, a chance at a life again." "What they've done for us is just so amazing," she said. Nash said she is hoping to attempt another double hand transplant one day.Īsked by Today what she would say to the donor's family, Nash's daughter, Brianna, said she would tell them how grateful she is. It was the third full face transplant in the US.ĭoctors later had to remove the hands because of complications that developed when Nash caught pneumonia. She received skin, underlying muscles, blood vessels, nerves, a hard palate and teeth from a dead person who has not been named. In late May, she underwent a full face and double hand transplant in Boston. She could only eat pureed food, and was barely understandable when she talked. Nash was left with no eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was. The animal, named Travis, ripped off Nash's nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. Nash, who is now living in a nursing home in Boston, was attacked in February 2009 by a neighbour's 200lb (90kg) pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house in Stamford, Connecticut. Today also reported that Nash was able to eat eggs with cream cheese after the transplant – the first solid food she has had since the attack. NBC's Today show aired footage of Nash in a hospital bed, nodding to visitors, her face smooth and features appearing nearly normal.
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