The first transplant of an entire human eye was performed in New York. The surgery, performed six months ago during a partial face transplant, appears to have gone well according to the doctors who performed it. “The fact that we have transplanted an eye is a huge step forward, it is something that has been thought about for centuries but has never been done,” said Eduardo Rodriguez, the doctor leading the team that conducted the operation, lasted 21 hours. The recipient of the transplant was Aaron James, a veteran from Arkansas who survived an industrial accident.
The operation for the partial face and entire eye transplant required the help of 140 surgeons. Transplanted eye shows “remarkable” signs of good health but Aaron James still can’t see. James hopes that in time his sight will return and that the innovative operation he has undergone will help transplant medicine.
“It’s my greatest hope. If I can see it will be fantastic. If the surgery will pave the way for a new path in the medical field I’m completely in favor,” James told CNN, to which his wife Meagan spoke about the tragedy of the accident. The woman had gone to pick up her daughter from school when she received a phone call from an unknown number: she answered and could only understand a few words, “Aaron”, “accident”, “serious”. Meagan then received a second phone call from a doctor who told her about her husband’s accident and her condition. The woman had asked the doctor if she would recover and she was told: “the only thing I can promise you is that you will not die before you arrive”.
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2023-11-09 21:47:00
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