US Army Veteran Regains Sight After Worlds First Eye Transplant In New York
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Doctors in New York have conducted what they claim to be the first-ever complete eye transplant on a man.
In a landmark medical achievement, doctors at New York University Langone Health conducted the world's first surgery involving a complete eye and partial face transplant for a 46-year-old military veteran hailing from Arkansas. Aaron James, who survived a high-voltage electrical accident, underwent a 21-hour surgical procedure that replaced fifty percent of his facial structure.
As per a release by the hospital, the surgery included transplanting the entire left eye and a portion of the face from a single donor, making this the first-ever human whole-eye transplant in medical history and the only successful combined transplant case of its kind.
The outcome of regaining vision in his newly transplanted left eye is still uncertain.