A patient who underwent a combined whole eye and face transplant maintained globe and retinal perfusion as well as retinal response to light with no instance of acute rejection, according to a report in JAMA.
“This case involved multiple specialties of medicine to address the challenges of whole eye and face transplant,” Daniel J. Ceradini, MD, of NYU Langone Health, and colleagues wrote. “Collectively, these remarkable findings illustrate that whole eye transplant is a feasible surgical procedure with evidence of preservation of retinal viability and perfusion.”
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