Austria Doctors Perform Tongue Transplant

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Austria Doctors Perform Tongue Transplant

VIENNA, Austria -- Doctors in Vienna have carried out the first successful tongue transplant on a human being, the hospital where the surgery took place said Monday.

An unidentified 42-year-old man suffering from a malignant tumor affecting his tongue and jaw underwent a 14-hour operation at Vienna's General Hospital on Saturday in which doctors removed the tumor and attached the new tongue, hospital spokeswoman Karin Fehringer said.

The patient is in good condition, Fehringer said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-austria-tongue-transplant,0,1645750.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[RememberJohn]

1. Atlanta Doctors Perform Tongue Extension...

..patient's wife said to be "thrilled."

[soothsayer]

2. jeez, where do you get a spare tongue for this?

The patient, who is said to be doing fine, said "mmm uhhh fuhh mmm uhhh muh fuhh mmmm."