
US Surgeons Perform World’s First Whole Eye Transplant
A team of surgeons in New York announced Thursday they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the recipient will regain his sight. The groundbreaking surgery involved removing part of the face and the whole left eye of a donor and grafting them onto a line worker from Arkansas who survived a 7,200-volt electric shock in June 2021 when his face touched a live wire. Aaron James, 46, suffered extensive injuries, including the loss of his left eye, his dominant left arm…