Blind Mans Sight Restored Using Son's Tooth! Incredible! - GoFuckYourself.com

UniversalPass Pete · 02-28-2008, 09:52 AM

Although I doubt he will ever have 20/20 vision this is incredible!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228...nhealthoffbeat

DUBLIN (AFP) - An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.

Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident when red-hot liquid aluminium exploded at a re-cycling business in November 2005.

"I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life," McNichol told RTE state radio.

After doctors in Ireland said there was nothing more they could do, McNichol heard about a miracle operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed by Dr Christopher Liu at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton in England.

The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient's own tooth and the surrounding bone.

The procedure used on McNichol involved his son Robert, 23, donating a tooth, its root and part of the jaw.

McNichol's right eye socket was rebuilt, part of the tooth inserted and a lens inserted in a hole drilled in the tooth.

The first operation lasted ten hours and the second five hours.

"It is pretty heavy going," McNichol said. "There was a 65 percent chance of me getting any sight.

"Now I have enough sight for me to get around and I can watch television. I have come out from complete darkness to be able to do simple things," McNichol said.

SykkBoy · 02-28-2008, 10:05 AM

it's amazing what they can do these days...and makes you wonder how this doctor managed to discover this method...what was he sitting around thinking about when the lightbulb went off in his head?

helic0pter · 02-28-2008, 10:07 AM

Wow, yea technology these days is fucking incredible.

Emil · 02-28-2008, 10:18 AM

Amazing.... Just amazing.

L-Pink · 02-28-2008, 10:28 AM

Who the hell thought this procedure up? Nice job though.

baddog · 02-28-2008, 04:10 PM

Never heard of your eyeteeth?

BSleazy · 02-28-2008, 04:12 PM

I guess I don't get how a tooth has anything to do with regaining eye sight.

CurrentlySober · 02-28-2008, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

Never heard of your eyeteeth?

u-Bob · 02-28-2008, 04:26 PM

does he need to brush it?

UniversalPass Pete · 02-28-2008, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u-Bob

does he need to brush it?

LOL

Spunky · 02-28-2008, 09:49 PM

Amazing indeed

tony286 · 02-28-2008, 09:56 PM

that is amazing

Bojangles · 02-28-2008, 10:04 PM

That's awesome.

VeriSexy · 02-29-2008, 06:14 AM

Wow.. that is amazing

IllTestYourGirls · 02-29-2008, 07:20 AM

At least he can watch TV now. Its kinda amazing what they did. God forbid this guy never watches tv again!

I would have thought he would have said something along these lines. "I can look at my beautiful wife" or "I thought I would never see a sunset/sunrise again" You know something more important than the TV

Quote:

Originally Posted by UniversalPass Pete

"Now I have enough sight for me to get around and I can watch television. I have come out from complete darkness to be able to do simple things," McNichol said.

Shaft_1971 · 02-29-2008, 07:22 AM

Very interesting...

mOrrI · 02-29-2008, 07:27 AM

Amazing....

WebairGerard · 02-29-2008, 07:31 AM

That is truly amazing!

Vick! · 02-29-2008, 07:38 AM

must be a genius doctor to discover this method..

jhauser · 02-29-2008, 09:07 AM

That's amazing. Who would have thought about using a tooth?

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