Girl undergoes life-changing surgery that allows her to smile

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A Virginia girl will be able to celebrate the holidays this year with a bright smile on her face thanks to a life-changing surgery that she is believed to be the first pediatric patient to undergo.In her research, Carolina Gonzalez said she discovered Dr. Patrick Byrne, who is now chair of the Head and Neck Institute at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.The Gonzalez family traveled to meet with Byrne, where they said they discovered he could treat Nicole's facial paralysis with a first-of-its-kind, 12-hour surgery.Byrne said he watched as Nicole and her family decided to move forward with the surgery, knowing how important it is to have the ability to smile.In order to give Nicole the most natural-looking smile possible, Byrne and his fellow surgeons performed a first-of-its-kind trivector gracilis free tissue transfer."

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