There are millions of people out there striving hard with their inability to see,either developmental or acquired in the course of their lives.If they ever got a chance to wish something in life,that will be the gift of sight.Here’s the wonderful story of a man named Martin Jones, who accidentally happened to lose his sight.
This 42 year old builder met with an accident at his workplace when a tub of white hot aluminium exploded in his face almost a decade ago.He suffered 37% burns and had his left eye removed. Surgeons could save his right eye,but was unable to see through it. He had been living with two blind eyes since eight years between which he met his wife the first time.They are married for the past four years, although Martin Jones has never ever seen his spouse.If he ever got to see the world again, he wished to see her the first.
Astonishing it is, not only he got his vision back, but also he is one of the very few persons with a tooth in the eye. It was only when a revolutionary new operation was done at the Sussex Eye Clinic in Brighton that he was given a chance to have his sight back.Surgeon Christopher Liu used a living tooth to carry a new lens because Mr Jones' eye could reject a plastic implant.(Link)
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis
The procedure also called tooth in eye surgery is a remarkable one which is used to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal blindness patients who are not suitable for traditional corneal transplants. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor. After this, a lamina of tissue cut from the tooth is drilled and the hole is fitted with optics. The lamina is grown in the patients' cheek for a period of months and then is implanted upon the eye.
The breakthrough procedure was first ever pioneered by the Italian ophthalmic surgeon Professor Benedetto Strampelli in Rome in the early 1960s after the success of which started an array of similar procedures worldwide.An operation to graft the OOKP is undertaken in severe pemphigoid, chemical burns, Stevens–Johnson syndrome, trachoma, Lyell syndrome and multiple corneal graft failure.
There are mainly two stages in the surgery
Stage 1 involves 5 separate procedures:
* The eye is opened up and the entire inner surface of the eyelids, corneal surface and all scar tissue is removed.
* Inner mucosal lining of the cheek is transplanted onto the new surface of the eye.
* A canine or premolar tooth and part of the adjacent bone and ligaments are removed.
* A bolt-shaped structure is fashioned from the tooth-bone complex which is fitted with a plastic optical cylinder.
* The tooth-bone-cylinder complex is implanted into the patient's cheek to grow a new blood supply.
Stage 2 (about 4 months later) involves 2 separate procedures:
* The cheek mucosal lining over the eye is opened and the inner contents of the eye are removed.
* The tooth-bone-cylinder complex is removed from the cheek and inserted into the eye, the mucosal cheek lining is replaced over the implant.
At the end of the procedure, light can now enter through the plastic cylinder, and the patient is able to see through this cylinder with good vision.
Mr.Martin Jones after receiving the treatment is extremely happy and says he feels like he sees through water.A similar procedure undergone is that for a woman named Sharron "Kay" Thornton, 60, who went blind nine years ago from a rare disorder called Stevens-Johnson syndrome.Though the innovation gives immense hope its frequency is still in the low pace.Let’s hope this gives light to millions out there.
[SOURCE: abcnews]
This 42 year old builder met with an accident at his workplace when a tub of white hot aluminium exploded in his face almost a decade ago.He suffered 37% burns and had his left eye removed. Surgeons could save his right eye,but was unable to see through it. He had been living with two blind eyes since eight years between which he met his wife the first time.They are married for the past four years, although Martin Jones has never ever seen his spouse.If he ever got to see the world again, he wished to see her the first.
Astonishing it is, not only he got his vision back, but also he is one of the very few persons with a tooth in the eye. It was only when a revolutionary new operation was done at the Sussex Eye Clinic in Brighton that he was given a chance to have his sight back.Surgeon Christopher Liu used a living tooth to carry a new lens because Mr Jones' eye could reject a plastic implant.(Link)
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis
The procedure also called tooth in eye surgery is a remarkable one which is used to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal blindness patients who are not suitable for traditional corneal transplants. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor. After this, a lamina of tissue cut from the tooth is drilled and the hole is fitted with optics. The lamina is grown in the patients' cheek for a period of months and then is implanted upon the eye.
The breakthrough procedure was first ever pioneered by the Italian ophthalmic surgeon Professor Benedetto Strampelli in Rome in the early 1960s after the success of which started an array of similar procedures worldwide.An operation to graft the OOKP is undertaken in severe pemphigoid, chemical burns, Stevens–Johnson syndrome, trachoma, Lyell syndrome and multiple corneal graft failure.
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Stage 1 involves 5 separate procedures:
* The eye is opened up and the entire inner surface of the eyelids, corneal surface and all scar tissue is removed.
* Inner mucosal lining of the cheek is transplanted onto the new surface of the eye.
* A canine or premolar tooth and part of the adjacent bone and ligaments are removed.
* A bolt-shaped structure is fashioned from the tooth-bone complex which is fitted with a plastic optical cylinder.
* The tooth-bone-cylinder complex is implanted into the patient's cheek to grow a new blood supply.
Stage 2 (about 4 months later) involves 2 separate procedures:
* The cheek mucosal lining over the eye is opened and the inner contents of the eye are removed.
* The tooth-bone-cylinder complex is removed from the cheek and inserted into the eye, the mucosal cheek lining is replaced over the implant.
At the end of the procedure, light can now enter through the plastic cylinder, and the patient is able to see through this cylinder with good vision.
Mr.Martin Jones after receiving the treatment is extremely happy and says he feels like he sees through water.A similar procedure undergone is that for a woman named Sharron "Kay" Thornton, 60, who went blind nine years ago from a rare disorder called Stevens-Johnson syndrome.Though the innovation gives immense hope its frequency is still in the low pace.Let’s hope this gives light to millions out there.
[SOURCE: abcnews]
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