US doctors perform skull-scalp transplant

DOCTORS in Houston have successfully performed the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant.

Doctors in Texas have successfully performed the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant.

US doctors have hailed a complex operation as a world first after performing a skull and scalp transplant on a cancer patient who also received a new kidney and pancreas during the procedure.

JAMES Boysen, a 55-year-old software developer, underwent 15 hours of surgery performed with the help of more than 50 medical professionals, the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston said.