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Facial Nerve Surgeons Give Firefighter His Smile Back

Facial nerve surgeons at UC San Diego Health give firefighter his smile back.

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Steve Chafe, a firefighter for more than 25 years, is not taking anything in life, including a smile, for granted. In 2018, an MRI identified Chafe had a transient ischemic attack. It also found something unexpected: a large tumor the size of a golf ball.

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