From the website I referenced earlier...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/26/style/face.php
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The procedure has been a theoretical possibility at least since 1999, when surgeons at the University of Louisville, in Kentucky, performed the country's first hand transplant. That operation has been duplicated about two dozen times now, and the experience has given surgeons like Siemionow the courage - hubris, critics say - to think the unthinkable.
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And as for the long-term drugs necessary, this was also in the same referenced article...
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In a series of innovative experiments in laboratory rats, Siemionow's team has managed to induce long-term tolerance to hind-leg transplants with a drug regimen lasting only seven days. If similar results can be achieved in humans - many previous efforts along these lines have failed - the advance will alter the calculus behind transplants, making them feasible for a much greater number of patients, including those with facial disfigurements.
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And it talks about the actual procedure as well, including exactly what they remove, and what they leave. Pretty interesting article, actually. Not my usual cup o'joe, but still worth the read.
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