02-12-2005, 09:27 PM
The patient was injured when her dog tried to wake her
The first patient to undergo a face transplant thanked her doctors as soon as she came round after the operation.
The woman, who sustained her injuries when her dog mauled her is "doing well" and has been able to eat strawberries and chocolate, doctors say.
The medical team who carried out the operation on Sunday in Amiens, France, say they were justified in undertaking the ground-breaking surgery.
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