Surgeons in New York have performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a human, they announced on Thursday, an accomplishment being hailed as a breakthrough even though the patient has not regained sight in the eye.
Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, poses with Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez after he underwent surgery for the world’s first whole-eye transplant as part of a partial face transplant at NYU Langone in an undated photograph. James survived a deadly 7200-volt electric shock while working as a...
“If some form of vision restoration occurred, it would be wonderful, but... the goal was for us to perform the technical operation,” and have the eyeball survive, Rodriquez added.Presently, the transplanted eye is not communicating with the brain through the optic nerve. Transplantation of a viable eye globe opens many new possibilities, Rodriguez said, even if sight is not restored in this case.
“If we can work with other scientists that are working on other methods of restoring vision or restoring images to the visual cortex, I think we're one step closer,” Rodriguez said.
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