Are there such things as eye transplants?
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There are CORNEA transplants (the outer "covering " of the eye can be taken from a cadavor and transplanted into a living person's eye...but the entire EYEBALL has YET to be able to be transplanted.. I would have to say that the microscopic veins, connective tissues and sections might just be way too difficult a task for someone to perform whole eye transplants. But that does NOT mean it won't be done sometime in the future... just not today... also, toes have been used to replace severed fingers but of COURSE they do not work as WELL or look as good as the actual FINGER. it is probably impossible to transplant entire legs or arms from cadavor donors because not only do the blood types have to match perfectly, but every single milli-inch of tissue, veins, vessles etc would have to be matched PERFECTLY in order for the transplanted limb to FUNCTION... since this could RARELY (if ever) happen, it is not a productive procedure to transplant entire arms or legs AT THIS TIME---but, who knows what the future might bring. hearts, lungs, livers,kidneys, are able to be transplanted because the connective tissue, veins, blood vessles etc are easier to connect from a cadavor or "living donor" but, if you remember, back in the 1960's and 1970, even THESE procedures were rarely done. The very first heart transplant was done in 1967 by doctor Christiaan Barnard. Since that time, THOUSANDS of heart, lung, liver and kidney transplants have been performed successfully. Hopefully, however, we won't come to think of the human body as a "SPARE PARTS STORE".
Sure I guess, in fact my brothers friend had one and his eyes are 2 diffrent colors. If not thats why we have glass eyes.
currently doctors are unable to transplant eyes as they lack the technology to repair the optic nerve. Doctors are able to repair/reattach blood vessels, but nerves are harder to repair.
Retinas are replaced though.
Yes...period!
yes its possibe but they messed up and now shes blind in her left eye. it overflowed w/blood and there was a chemical reaction between the pills they gave her to fall asleep and the vaseline stuff they put on her eyes. =/
Yes, but it is very expensive, and I don't think most insurance plans cover this!
Yes it is . My father inlaw has a eye from a 18 year old who died but they dont last very long in some people my father inlaw eyes are brown and the one he got from the 18 yrlod was brown also now it has turned blue and he cant see out of it . so yes it is being done but some times it don't last . I am a RN so i have also seen this surgery being done
yep there are also corneal transplant
Only certain parts of the eye can be transplanted like the cornea not the entire eye.
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