Man with full-face transplant comes before camera

The Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant has appeared before cameras for the first time since surgery.

Before the Press at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital, Oscar, 31 spoke with considerable difficulty. He was was operated on in late March at this hospital.

The surgery involved lifting an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, and placed it mask-like onto the man.

Oscar, who got a new face, was unable to breathe or eat on his own after accidentally shooting himself five years ago.

Head of the surgical team, Dr Joan Pere Barret, said Oscar would need between a year and 18 months of physical therapy.