Graphic Photo: Man Without Mouth To Undergo Corrective Surgery 56years After Wolf Attack

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A man left with a disfigured mouth after wolf attack when he was a child is to receive corrective surgery 56 years later.  


Wu Xiuyou, 65, from Datang village in south-west China's mountainous Guizhou Province, was attacked by a wolf when he was 11.
The animal effectively ripped off his mouth and he was left disfigured and only able to eat liquid food.


Wu Xiuyou, 65, from China's mountainous Guizhou Province, was attacked by a wolf when he was 11.Now he is to receive corrective surgery
Due to his appearance he never went to school, never got married, never got a job and lives by himself.
Surgeon Doctor Chen Fei, who will carry out the corrective procedure, said: 'The patient's mouth is all missing, the jaws are distorted
The surgery will involve around 20 doctors from 10 different departments.
Dr Chen added: 'The surgery will reconstruct his upper and lower lips and his missing face muscles.
'We'll take two musculocutaneous flaps from his legs, and transplant them onto his face after tailoring them. It involves a lot of nerve and vessel sutures.'

Following the initial surgery, Mr Wu's teeth will be reconstructed in a second operation in six months.
*Life just passed him by,poor man.I pray he finds closure from that dreadful attack after the corrective surgery.