Face off, face on at Brigham and Women's

Brigham and Women's Hospital reports a surgical team yesterday performed the nation's second face transplant, on a man who suffered serious injuries in a fall:

The team of seven plastic surgeons and one ear, nose and throat surgeon, nurses, anesthesiologists and residents worked for 17 hours in replacing the mid-face area of the patient including the nose, hard palate, upper lip, facial skin, muscles of facial animation and the nerves that power them and provide sensation.

They used tissue from the body of a man whose family had agreed to donate his organs after his death.