A year after undergoing the first whole-eye and partial-face transplant, Aaron James is finding beauty in the mundane. He can finally appreciate solid foods again — smelling is even a simple pleasure ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) --A patient who underwent the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant has healed astonishingly well more than a year after the 21-hour surgery, a new report says.

NEW YORK — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — though it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see ...

NEW YORK CITY -- NYU Langone Health successfully completed a first-of-its-kind surgery that could change the medical world forever. A patient received the first-ever eye and partial face transplant, ...

Many eye banks won’t accept corneas from donors with diabetes, concerned they might be harder to prepare for transplant surgery or are more likely to fail. “We also found the severity of the donor’s ...

Three patients undergoing laser eye surgery at a New York City ophthalmology clinic developed Purpureocillium lilacinum ...

MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The recipient of the world’s first combined whole-eye and partial face transplant is doing well more than a year out from his groundbreaking surgery, NYU ...

If transplanting a human eye to restore vision in blind people is a possibility, it could very well come from one of Colorado’s largest medical campuses. A federal agency has tasked the University of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - After cataract surgery, it's normal to have some swelling of the cornea that should resolve after a couple of weeks. However, if that swelling doesn't clear, it could be a sign of ...