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United States: Man Receives World’s First Complete Eye Transplant
United States: a man receives the world’s first complete eye transplant – (FRANCEINFO)
The American Aaron James benefited from a complete eye transplant last May, a world first. Five months after the operation, the absence of rejection of the graft is already considered a success.
Of course, Aaron James did not regain his sight, but the complete eye transplant he received, a world first, is considered a success. A little more than five months after the operation, the absence of rejection of the graft is already a success. The American was the victim of a work accident two years ago, his face was hit by a high-voltage power line. At the time, surgeons’ prognoses were very pessimistic.
“I was able to kiss my wife”
The operation lasted 21 hours last May in a hospital in New York (United States). In addition to the left eye and its socket, surgeons also transplanted the nose, lips and other facial tissue taken from a donor. The main difficulty of an eye transplant is to restore the transmission of information via the optic nerve, cut in both the patient and the donor. “I can smell and eat again. For the first time in a year and a half, I was able to kiss my wife”confided Aaron James.