US surgeons perform worlds first whole eye transplant FRANCE 24 English

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fact that the ey is alive and looks healthy is pretty special Aaron James is for his surgeons glimmer of hope against blindness rather than shriveling like raisin as doctors feared his donated eyeball still looks healthy 6 months after his surgery even if it doesn't provide him sight in that eye the first ever successful transplant of an entire eyeball it was already part of rare partial facial transplant in Aaron's success his surgeons at NYU langone hope to learn more about how the critical optic nerve heals and how it communicates with the brain already the blood flow and The Sensation is feat in itself it would be great if he can see but with that alone this far this far that we've come most people didn't even expect we would get here the initial goal in surgeons sites was simply for an eyeball to provide support for the facial transplant now with this tour of technical Force there's possibly light at the end of the tunnel for something bigger to better understand how the nerves slowly grow and heal victim of high voltage power line accident two years ago the 46-year-old lost his left arm and much of his face including his nose and mouth he can see from his right blue eye but the brown one he's now received gives glimmer of hope to be car of this mean that just it makes me feel like could be helping you know the next person doctors's now we're waiting to see if the ever tricky optic nerve heals and if it sends signals to the brain even if it doesn't James's wife says Love Remains in the eye of the beholder for it's still him inside