rare eye surgery
January 5, 2008
From: Mrityunjay Bose
Tooth in eye operation performed
MUMBAI: Poor Bakridi is a happy man. He has gained his eyesight of his left eye – thanks to the doctors of the Bombay Hospital and Research Centre here, who performed the rare and complex "tooth-in-eye" surgery.
A canine tooth is implanted in his eye – and it did the magic.
Interestingly, the canine tooth is also known as the "eye-tooth".
"The doctors here are like God," says Bakridi, for whom ulcers in his eye had left him completely blind. Bow now the vision of one of his eye has been restored – and he can see. "I can't say anything. The only thing that I can do is to thank them, they have not charged a single paisa from me," says Bakridi, 60, who hails from Basti in Uttar Pradesh, and now staying at Begampura here.
The operation team was led by Dr Sonia Nankani of Taparia Institute of Ophthalmology, which is a part of the Bombay Hospital located at the New Marine Lines here. "It is a difficult and complex surgery. It is for the first time it has been conducted in this part of the world," says Dr Ashish Tiwari of Bombay Hospital.
When he came here he was "completely blind", said Dr Tiwari. "For the last 18 to 20 years, he was experiencing ulcer in his eyes. The problem started nearly 18 to 20 years ago, and since the last two years he was not able to see. He underwent three cornea transplant earlier, but all of them failed," he said.
When he met Dr Nankani, a plan for revival was chalked out. "Today, he can see, vision of his left eye has been restored," he said.
In medical parlance, the "tooth-in-eye" surgery is known as Osteo-Odonto Keratoprosthesis (OOKP). It is a complex two-stage operation which aims to restore vision to the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients for whom all previous attempts to restore vision had failed. The procedure involves removing a canine tooth from the patient, shaping and drilling it to allow implantation of an artificial plastic corneal device (optical cylinder), and ultimately implanting it back into one eye a few months later.
Explaining the procedure, Dr Tiwari said: "One of his tooth was removed. A hole was made. And it was fixed below the eyelid and after three months blood vessels and vein tissues grew there. It was then fixed in the eye – so that it reaches the retina."
From: Mrityunjay Bose
Tooth in eye operation performed
MUMBAI: Poor Bakridi is a happy man. He has gained his eyesight of his left eye – thanks to the doctors of the Bombay Hospital and Research Centre here, who performed the rare and complex "tooth-in-eye" surgery.
A canine tooth is implanted in his eye – and it did the magic.
Interestingly, the canine tooth is also known as the "eye-tooth".
"The doctors here are like God," says Bakridi, for whom ulcers in his eye had left him completely blind. Bow now the vision of one of his eye has been restored – and he can see. "I can't say anything. The only thing that I can do is to thank them, they have not charged a single paisa from me," says Bakridi, 60, who hails from Basti in Uttar Pradesh, and now staying at Begampura here.
The operation team was led by Dr Sonia Nankani of Taparia Institute of Ophthalmology, which is a part of the Bombay Hospital located at the New Marine Lines here. "It is a difficult and complex surgery. It is for the first time it has been conducted in this part of the world," says Dr Ashish Tiwari of Bombay Hospital.
When he came here he was "completely blind", said Dr Tiwari. "For the last 18 to 20 years, he was experiencing ulcer in his eyes. The problem started nearly 18 to 20 years ago, and since the last two years he was not able to see. He underwent three cornea transplant earlier, but all of them failed," he said.
When he met Dr Nankani, a plan for revival was chalked out. "Today, he can see, vision of his left eye has been restored," he said.
In medical parlance, the "tooth-in-eye" surgery is known as Osteo-Odonto Keratoprosthesis (OOKP). It is a complex two-stage operation which aims to restore vision to the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients for whom all previous attempts to restore vision had failed. The procedure involves removing a canine tooth from the patient, shaping and drilling it to allow implantation of an artificial plastic corneal device (optical cylinder), and ultimately implanting it back into one eye a few months later.
Explaining the procedure, Dr Tiwari said: "One of his tooth was removed. A hole was made. And it was fixed below the eyelid and after three months blood vessels and vein tissues grew there. It was then fixed in the eye – so that it reaches the retina."
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