<h5>Where was the world’s first eye transplant performed?</h5><p>Recently, surgeons in the United States (US) performed the world’s first eye transplant on a 46-year-old military veteran. The veteran, Aaron James, used to work as a high-voltage lineman. In June 2021, he suffered from a 7200-volt electric shock accident after a live wire touched his face.</p><p>Mr James sustained multiple injuries to his face and body. He also experienced multi-organ failure and spent nearly six weeks in a medically-induced coma. Doctors were unsure if he would survive at all.</p><p>In 2023, doctors used an eye and some body tissues donated by a young man who had passed away to successfully carry out a face and eye transplant on Mr James. Mr James is now the 19th person in the US to undergo a face transplant and the first person in the world to have an eye transplant.</p><h5>Were there any risks involved in the eye transplant surgery?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/surgeons-perform-the-world-s-first-eye-transplant%2Feye%20transplant%202.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=e6b97c52-06ee-44d8-82e4-0277c828b2b9"><figcaption>Aaron James looking at his new face. Photo by BBC.</figcaption></figure><p>Doctors had informed Mr James that the eye transplant procedure was quite risky. They had told him that it might lead to a deadly infection or brain inflammation because the eye is connected to the brain and central nervous system.</p><p>However, Mr. James still chose to go ahead with it. He believed that even if the eye transplant didn’t work, doctors could learn something from the experience, which could benefit other people in the future.</p><p>One of the main reasons eye transplants have not been attempted before is that it is difficult to get the optic nerve (which links the eye to the brain) to regenerate completely. Doctors claim that this process could take months or even years.</p><p>During Mr James' eye transplant, doctors injected adult stem cells into the optic nerve to repair it. Since this has never been done before, doctors are unsure if it will be effective.</p><h5>Did the eye transplant work for Mr. James?</h5><p>Mr James still cannot see from the transplanted eyeball, but the organ seems healthy. In fact, the light-detecting cells in the eye’s retina are able to perceive light and send some signals to the brain.</p><p>Regardless of the results, Mr James called the transplant “life-changing” and is extremely grateful to the donor and their family. He is happy to look like a ‘normal person’ while walking down the streets again.</p>

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