NYU Langone makes medical history with a face-and-eye combo transplant
Face transplant recipient says he’s still shocked by own reflection four years laterWhen a gruesome work accident occurred two years ago, electric lineman Aaron James received a deadly 7,200-volt shock as his face accidentally touched a live wire.
But because of severe pain, Texas surgeons were forced to remove his injured left eye. Rodriguez recommended that the surgeons leave as much of the optic nerve as possible, in the hope of a transplant that might restore some level of vision. “He generously donated tissues leading to this successful face and eye transplant, but also saved three other individuals between the ages of 20 and 70, donating his kidneys, liver and pancreas,” Achan added.The transplant of a human eye is a highly complex process because of the challenges associated with optic nerve regeneration, blood flow to the retina and the possibility that his immune system would reject any new organs or bodily tissues.
“This is the first attempt of injecting adult stem cells into a human optic nerve during a transplant in theThe 21-hour surgery took place in NYU Langone’s Kimmel Pavilion, where two different surgical teams simultaneously operated in both the donor and recipient rooms. The concurrent eye transplant included the entire left eye and socket, plus the orbital bone and all surrounding tissue, including the optic nerve.
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