世界首位接受換臉手術的人去世 年僅49歲
A Frenchwoman who received the world's first partial face transplant has died, 11 years after the surgery that opened the way for dozens of other transplants worldwide.
世界首位接受了面部移植手術的法國女子已經離世，她在11年前接受的手術在全世界範圍內開創了幾項移植手術的先河。The Amiens University Hospital in northern France announced last Tuesday that Isabelle Dinoire succumbed to cancer in April.
位於法國北部的亞眠大學醫院上週二宣佈，伊莎貝爾·迪諾爾已經於四月因癌症離世。Her family wanted the 49-year-old's her death kept private.
她的家人希望這位49歲女子的死訊不要對外公開。
The hospital did not release further details and it is not clear if her illness was related to the transplant.
醫院方面沒有透露更多細節，尚不清楚她的疾病是否與移植手術有關。But heavy use of immunosuppressant drugs had weakened her system.
但是大量使用免疫抑制素藥物確實削弱了她的免疫系統。In 2005, French doctors Bernard Devauchelle and Jean-Michel Dubernard stunned the world by announcing they had given Dinoire a donor's nose, lips, chin and parts of her cheek.
2005年，法國醫生伯納德·戴福謝爾和讓·邁克爾·迪貝爾納震驚了全世界--他們宣佈爲迪諾爾移植了來自捐贈者的新的鼻子、嘴脣和一部分臉頰。She had been disfigured in a dog attack.
她此前被自家寵物狗咬傷了面部。Dinoire's partial face transplant sparked worldwide controversy.
迪諾爾的局部面部移植手術震動了全世界的保守人士。Critics questioned the ethics and the long-term consequences of the operation.
批評人士質疑這中間的倫理道德和手術的長期後果。
