Man receives 1st full eye transplant — 'one step closer' to restoring sight in future patients

Surgeons have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant. It is too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye.

Man receives 1st full eye transplant — 'one step closer' to restoring sight in future patients
Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, NYU Langone Health's chair of plastic surgery, examines eye transplant patient.

Surgeons have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant. It is too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye.