{"id":2095862,"date":"2023-11-09T21:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-receives-worlds-first-whole-eye-and-partial-face-transplant\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T21:28:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:28:35","slug":"man-receives-worlds-first-whole-eye-and-partial-face-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-receives-worlds-first-whole-eye-and-partial-face-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets world&#8217;s first full-eye and partial face transplant."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-receives-worlds-first-whole-eye-and-partial-face-transplant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2095862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by\u200c Leon Neal\/Getty\u200c Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Elizabeth Volberding<\/h2>\n<p><strong>6:15 PM \u2013 Thursday, November 9, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A surgical crew at\u2063 New York University\u2019s Langone Health in New York reportedly accomplished the world\u2019s first successful whole-eye transplant in a man named Aaron James.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>James claimed that the\u200b eye-transplant performed on him, which was fused with a face transplant, did not fully restore his vision. However, experts say that it is still an \u2062\u201cextremely groundbreaking\u201d accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>James, who is a\u2062 46-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-man-drives-over-1000-miles-to-help-american-family-stuck-in-snow\/\" title=\"Canadian Man Drives Over 1,000 Miles To Help American Family Stuck in Snow\">military veteran<\/a>, underwent a\u200b tragic accident \u200din 2021 during an operation at work \u2063where he \u2063lost his left eye and part of his face. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-receives-worlds-first-whole-eye-and-partial-face-transplant\/\" title=\"Man gets world's first full-eye and partial face transplant.\">accident involved high-voltage power lines<\/a> that demolished the majority of his face and one eye. His \u2062face accidentally touched a live wire,\u2064 which potentially could have\u2064 resulted\u200b in a fatal electric \u2062shock. Fortunately, his right eye is still functioning.<\/p>\n<p>The surgical \u2062team \u2063at NYU\u2019s Langone Health were determined to replace James\u2019s missing eye and believed that the new one would produce \u2062better cosmetic results for his new face by maintaining the \u2062transplanted eye\u200c socket and lid. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the NYU surgical crew stated that, so far, their work has provided excellent results for him, although he still lacks vision in the left eye. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Surgeons perform\u2062 first whole\u200b eye transplant <\/p>\n<p>Surgeons have performed the world\u2019s first transplant of an entire human eye.<\/p>\n<p>An accident with high-voltage power \u200clines had destroyed most of\u200d Aaron James\u2019s face and one eye. His right eye still works.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rlUpyFKuOR\">https:\/\/t.co\/rlUpyFKuOR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xDITiMrYRC\">pic.twitter.com\/xDITiMrYRC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan\u2062 Harry GoT (@MeghanHarryGoT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanHarryGoT\/status\/1722709531950535027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First ever face\/eye transplant recipient thanks doctors at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyulangone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nyulangone<\/a> hospital.\u200b  Aaron James is a military veteran severely injured by a 7,200 volt electric shock working as a lineman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WEqAA3PfKz\">pic.twitter.com\/WEqAA3PfKz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marla Diamond (@MDiamond8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDiamond8\/status\/1722646277618274394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>James is now\u2062 in the process of recovering and healing\u200d from\u2063 the dual transplant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt feels \u200cgood. I still don\u2019t have any movement in it yet. My eyelid, I can\u2019t blink yet. But I\u2019m getting sensation now,\u201d James told the press in \u2063an\u2064 interview as surgeons examined his progress after the operation took place.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou got to start somewhere, there\u2019s got to be a first person somewhere,\u201d added James, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. \u201cMaybe you\u2019ll learn something \u2063from it that will help the next \u200bperson.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The surgery, which took place in \u2063May, involved a team \u200cof over 140 crew members at NYU Langone Health to accomplish \u2064James\u2019s transplant operation. The surgery lasted around 21 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Certain forms of vision loss are frequently treated with corneal transplants, which replace \u2063the clear tissue in front of the\u200c eye. The mission to cure\u2064 blindness \u200cis the transplantation of the entire eye, \u2063including the blood supply, the eyeball, and the vital optic nerve that links it to the brain.<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019s surgery\u2064 now provides scientists with an\u200b unknown amount of time into how the human eye will attempt to heal. \u200dJames also said that he is still very grateful to the donor and \u2064the donor\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not claiming that we are going to restore sight,\u201d said Doctor Eduardo Rodriguez, NYU\u2019s plastic surgery chief, who directed the transplant. \u201cBut there\u2019s no doubt in my mind we are one step closer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAlthough there is no sight, we\u2019ve crossed \u200ca barrier that many didn\u2019t think was possible,\u201d Rodriguez added. \u201cNothing like this has\u200c ever been attempted. There \u2062isn\u2019t\u2062 even any science published in the literature that could indicate\u200b what could be the result of such a transplant.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>James\u2019s replacement face and eye was provided from a single donor. The eye had previously never been\u200c taken\u200d off of the donor\u2019s socket, and the tissue around it and the \u2062optical nerve was still\u2063 intact. <\/p>\n<p>He now remains hopeful that vision in his left \u2064eye will be restored eventually, \u2063and that this procedure will support the advancement of transplant\u200c operations.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to\u200c your inbox \u2062for \u2064free. 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This technique contributes \u200dto improving surgical outcomes in several ways:<\/p>\n<p>1. Reduced tissue trauma: By\u200b performing a partial arc of surgery, \u2064there is less manipulation and disruption of\u200c surrounding tissues compared to a full arc. This can result in\u200c reduced\u200d tissue trauma, less postoperative pain, and \u2064faster recovery.<\/p>\n<p>2. Minimized blood\u2064 loss: The PAA technique\u2064 allows for better visualization and control of blood vessels, leading to minimized blood loss during the surgical procedure. This can reduce\u2064 the need for blood transfusions and associated complications.<\/p>\n<p>3. Preservation of healthy \u200ctissue: By\u200d performing a targeted, partial \u200darc of surgery,\u200c the surgeon can focus \u2064on removing \u200cor treating only the affected area while preserving healthy tissue. This is\u2062 particularly useful in organ-sparing surgeries where the \u2064goal is to remove the \u200ddiseased portion and retain maximum organ function.<\/p>\n<p>4. Improved precision\u200b and accuracy: The \u2062PAA \u2064technique enables surgeons to have a more precise\u200d and accurate approach to \u200dthe affected area. This can result in improved surgical outcomes, reduced complications, and better long-term \u2062results for patients.<\/p>\n<p>5. Reduced surgical complications: Since the PAA technique involves a\u200c smaller surgical \u2064field\u200d and less tissue\u2063 manipulation, there is a potential reduction in surgical complications such as infections, wound healing issues, and scarring.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Partial Arc Approach \u200dcontributes to improving surgical \u2064outcomes by \u2062minimizing tissue \u2062trauma, reducing blood loss, preserving\u2062 healthy\u2064 tissue, improving\u200c precision, \u2063and reducing\u2063 surgical\u2062 complications. It allows surgeons to tailor their \u2062approach to each patient&#8217;s specific condition, resulting \u200bin \u200dsafer and more effective surgeries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images) OAN\u2019s Elizabeth Volberding reports that a surgical team at New York University\u2019s Langone Health achieved the world&#8217;s first successful whole-eye transplant in Aaron James. 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