Surgeons implant teeth in patients’ eyes to restore vision
Pioneered by Italian ophthalmologist Benedetto Strampelli in the early 1960s, tooth-in-eye surgery is intended to minimize ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN3d
Sounds Like Science Fiction: Doctors Implant a Tooth in a Man’s Eye—Now He Can See Again
When Brent Chapman first heard his doctor suggest surgically implanting one of his own teeth into his eye to restore his ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
Surgeons Are Conducting Rare ‘Tooth-in-Eye’ Surgeries to Restore Vision to Blind Patients in Canada
The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically ...
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Surgeons Can Implant Teeth In Blind Patients’ Eyes To Restore Their Sight
F or the first time in Canada, surgeons have successfully carried out the first stage of a procedure involving implanting a ...
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Canadian Woman Undergoes Rare ‘Tooth-in-Eye’ Surgery To Regain Vision
The procedure is used to treat severe corneal blindness, especially in cases where traditional corneal transplants are not an ...
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Doctors implant tooth in blind man's eye to restore his vision in groundbreaking surgery
After years of blindness, Brent Chapman underwent tooth-in-eye surgery in Canada, where a tooth is used to implant a lens in the eye. A man in Canada had his eyesight restored after doctors ...
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Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery is the future of treatment according to Ballito ophthalmologist, Dr Jugadoe
The relatively new surgical method is safer, less traumatic and sees fewer complications than traditional treatment options ...