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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-ORGAN TRANSPLANT TECHNOLOGY (CN)

(240118) -- GUANGZHOU, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The ischemia-free organ transplantation (IFOT) is applied in a surgery carried out at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 12, 2023. An organ transplant technique adopted by a Chinese hospital has garnered widespread attention for its potential in solving the problem of donor organ ischemic injury in organ transplantation surgery. TO GO WITH "Across China: China's organ transplant technology maximizes donor-organ potential" (Photo by Zheng Yingzi/Xinhua)

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Rare oriental white stork gets beak transplant in NE China

STORY: Rare oriental white stork gets beak transplant in NE China DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:58 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the injured oriental white stork under medical treatment 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BAOGUANG, Staff member of Honghe National Nature Reserve 3. various of the oriental white stork being sent to the wild STORYLINE: An injured oriental white stork with a broken beak was brought to the Honghe National Nature Reserve in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province for surgery recently. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BAOGUANG, Staff member of Honghe National Nature Reserve "To rescue this oriental stork, we considered multiple options, and the best one was to provide it with an artificial beak as soon as possible. Thus, we reached out to a company specializing in simulated specimens and customized a lifelike beak for it. Without a lower beak, it couldn't peck food properly, making it unable to survive in the wild." The bird was sent back to the

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Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant

STORY: Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona 2. various of pictures of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ALBERT JAUREGUI, Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): XAVIER, Lung transplant patient STORYLINE: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has carried out the world's first fully robotic lung transplant using a minimally invasive technique that does not require cutting through bone. Surgeons announced on Monday that they utilized a four-armed "Da Vinci" medical robot to make an eight-centimeter incision above the diaphragm to remove the damaged lung and insert a new one. This groundbreaking procedure avoids the traditional method of separating the ribs to open up the thorax, which was the only available option until now. The doctors also noted that i

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College student donates liver to father

STORY: College student donates liver to father DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Li and his father 2. various of the operation 3. various of Li and his father talking via phone after operation 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Li, college student 5. various of Li's father talking to Li via phone STORYLINE: A 20-year-old college student in east China's Anhui Province has donated one-third of his liver to his father. The transplant surgery was successful and both the father and the son are in good condition. The student, surnamed Li, dreamed of becoming a soldier. Though he had to give up the dream, he never regrets it, saying he could have another dream but could not have another father. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China. (XHTV)

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Osaka hospital succeeds in novel heart valve transplant

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka University professor Yoshiki Sawa (L) speaks at a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014, about the first successful transplant surgery in Japan to replace a heart valve with a decelluraized one from a deceased donor. The 35-year-old patient (R) underwent the surgery at the Osaka University Hospital on Oct. 16 and has recovered steadily.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s earlier in the day, marking the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery. Yamanaka developed iPS cells, a type of stem cells that can grow into various human body tissue.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, researcher of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, holds a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team led by Takahashi transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s. It marked the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, researcher of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, smiles during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team led by Takahashi transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s. It marked the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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World's 1st iPS cell transplant

OSAKA, Japan - Masayo Takahashi (L), project leader at Riken Center for Developmental Biology, inspects an experiment at Riken's stem cell culture laboratory in Kobe, western Japan, in February 2013. A Japanese team has recently conducted the world's first surgery to implant tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells into a human body as part of the clinical study led by Takahashi and others.

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World's 1st iPS cell transplant

KOBE, Japan - The operation room of the Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital in Kobe, western Japan, is seen on Sept. 10, 2014. The world's first surgery to implant retinal tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells into a human body was performed there in September 2014.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2014, shows the Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital in Kobe, western Japan. At the hospital on Sept. 12, a Japanese research team transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s, marking the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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Unique surgery done to treat newborn with heart disease

KYOTO, Japan - Surgeon Masaaki Yamagishi, a professor of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, uses models in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, to explain what he calls the world's first surgery to transplant part of the lung artery of a newborn to treat her incomplete "descending aort."

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Cell sheet successfully transplanted to girl's heart

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshiki Sawa, a professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Osaka University Hospital, talks in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 23, 2014, about his team's successful transplant of a sheet of cells to the heart of an 11-year-old girl, stricken with a grave heart disease, and subsequent improvement in her heart's functions. The cells were cultivated after being taken from the girl's own calf muscle tissue. It is believed to be the world's first such surgery performed on a child.

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Part of mom's lung transplanted to 3-yr-old son

OKAYAMA, Japan - Takahiro Oto, associate professor of respiratory surgery at Okayama University Hospital, holds a press conference in Okayama City on the night of July 1, 2013, after the state-run university hospital successfully transplanted part of a mother's lung to her 3-year-old son in the world's first transplant of a middle lobe from a living donor. The boy, who had experienced a decline in lung function, is the youngest lung recipient in Japan, the hospital said.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) practices pitching in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 23, 2012. To the left is manager Bobby Valentine. Matsuzaka is on the road to recovery from ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow in June 2011.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka arrives in L.A. for surgery

LOS ANGELES, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on June 7, 2011. Matsuzaka is scheduled to receive Tommy John ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow.

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Red Sox pitcher Matsuzaka to undergo Tommy John surgery

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka takes part in a session of catch ahead of the team's game against the Oakland Athletics on June 3, 2011, in Fenway Park in Boston. The 30-year-old will undergo Tommy John ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow.

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - Juro Wada, then professor at Sapporo Medical University, speaks during a news conference at the university after conducting Japan's first heart transplant surgery in August 1968. Wada later faced an accusation of manslaughter over the surgery, which was eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1999 shows Juro Wada, a professor emeritus at Sapporo Medical University who performed Japan's first heart transplant surgery in 1968. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Researchers transplant pig organs, tissue in monkeys in China's Xi'an

STORY: Researchers transplant pig organs, tissue in monkeys in China's Xi'an DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hospital 2. various of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DOU KEFENG, Professor of the hospital, academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences 4. various of the surgery STORYLINE: A Chinese research team announced on Tuesday it has transplanted organs and tissue from a gene-edited pig to four monkeys, all of which have been surviving for about 10 days. The xenotransplantation operation was conducted by researchers and clinicians at the Xijing Hospital affiliated to Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, China's Shaanxi Province on Oct. 16. The team transplanted the pig's liver, heart, kidney and its cornea, skin and bone tissue to four monkeys. The transplanted organs and tissue are now in good condition. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DOU KEFENG, Lead researcher "The most difficult part of the surgeries was the transplantatio

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China-aided hospital in Sri Lanka completes 1st organ transplant

STORY: China-aided hospital in Sri Lanka completes 1st organ transplant DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the hospital 2 various of the surgery 3 various of the hospital STORYLINE: The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently. It's the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital in 2021. The recipient of the transplant is a 28-year-old woman who had been suffering from kidney disease for 10 years and the kidney donator is her mother. The mother and daughter are in stable condition after the surgery, and both the medical staff and the patient are very satisfied with the results of the operation. The specialized nephrology hospital was built with the assistance of the Chinese government. It has an area of 25,000 square meters, featuring 200 general inpatient beds and 100 hemodialysis beds. Xinhua News Agency correspondent

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SRI LANKA-POLONNARUWA-CHINA-AIDED HOSPITAL-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY

(220318) -- POLONNARUWA, March 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows the China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital, a specialized nephrology hospital in Sri Lanka built with the assistance of the Chinese government, has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently, the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)

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SRI LANKA-POLONNARUWA-CHINA-AIDED HOSPITAL-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY

(220318) -- POLONNARUWA, March 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker attends to the recipient of a kidney transplant in an ICU of the China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, March 17, 2022. The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital, a specialized nephrology hospital in Sri Lanka built with the assistance of the Chinese government, has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently, the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital. (Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-POLONNARUWA-CHINA-AIDED HOSPITAL-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY

(220318) -- POLONNARUWA, March 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker attends to the recipient of a kidney transplant in an ICU of the China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, March 17, 2022. The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital, a specialized nephrology hospital in Sri Lanka built with the assistance of the Chinese government, has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently, the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital. (Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-POLONNARUWA-CHINA-AIDED HOSPITAL-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERY

(220318) -- POLONNARUWA, March 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Medical staff prepare for a kidney transplant surgery at the China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, March 14, 2022. The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National Nephrology Hospital, a specialized nephrology hospital in Sri Lanka built with the assistance of the Chinese government, has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently, the first of its kind since the operation of the hospital. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Patients who have undergone hair transplant surgery at the BELLA HAIR clinic visit Istanbul. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to find a bright smile or the hair mass of their youth. Istanbul, Turkey, 19 September 2021. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Patients who have undergone hair transplant surgery at the BELLA HAIR clinic visit Istanbul. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to find a bright smile or the hair mass of their youth. Istanbul, Turkey, 19 September 2021. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Patients who have undergone hair transplant surgery at the BELLA HAIR clinic visit Istanbul. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to find a bright smile or the hair mass of their youth. Istanbul, Turkey, 19 September 2021. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hair Implants - Turkey

Hair transplant surgery at BELLA HAIR clinic in Istanbul, Turkey on September 19, 2021. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more popular, and some countries, such as Turkey, offer quality services at a highly competitive price. Every year, thousands of French-speaking people travel to Istanbul to regain a radiant smile or the hair mass of their youth. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM