Doctors carry out tongue transplant op
Doctors in Vienna have carried out the first successful tongue transplant on a human being.
An unidentified 42-year-old man suffering from a malignant tumour affecting his tongue and jaw underwent a 14 hour operation at Vienna’s General Hospital on Saturday.
Doctors removed the tumour and attached the new tongue, hospital spokeswoman Karin Fehringer said.
The patient is in good condition, she added.
