India, Feb. 14 -- The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has become the first in the country to announce the introduction of face transplantation, a highly advanced and complex reconstructive procedure.

The Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at AIIMS has initiated the process of setting up a registry of patients having severe facial deformity along with the loss of vital functions of the face like breathing, mouth opening and blinking and have not benefited despite multiple surgical procedures.

The department is also organising an intensive cadaveric workshop and academic training programme from February 11 to 15 at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Block. As part of the workshop, facial skin wa...