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Dr. Klebuc performs world's first skull and scalp transplant

In 2015, Dr. Michael Klebuc led the plastic surgery team who performed the ground-breaking procedure alongside another surgical team performing a double-organ transplant.

This excerpt first appeared in an article published by CNN:

"A man who suffered from a rare form of cancer has received a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors in Texas said.

Doctors performed the surgery on James Boysen at Houston Methodist Hospital on May 22, 2015. It was noteworthy because Boysen received a skull and scalp transplant at the same time as kidney and pancreas transplants, the hospital said.
 
Boysen, 55, a software developer from Austin, "is the first patient to receive the simultaneous craniofacial tissue transplant together with solid organ transplants," the hospital said in a statement.
 
Boysen said he's relieved and ready to get back to his favorite activities.
 
"This has been a long journey, and I am so grateful to all the doctors who performed my transplants," he said.
 
Teams of about 50 health care professionals from Houston Methodist Hospital and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center performed the 15-hour surgery.
 
"This was a very complex surgery because we had to transplant the tissues utilizing microsurgery," said Michael Klebuc, who led the plastic surgery team."
 
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