Cured of Blindness After Doctor Teeth Planting to In Eyes

Lynn McKellar, 36, lost his sight eight years ago after suffering an extreme reaction to an antibiotic during a visit to the dentist. But his eyesight returned to normal through most dental surgery that transplanted into the eye.

"I can see. It's a miracle. After years in the dark, I could see pictures of my son. I can read the headline in the Daily Record, and when my eyes are not swollen anymore, my vision will improve," said Lynn.

The views Lynn cured by doctors by taking a part of the teeth were then drilled for use as a lens container. Fractional tooth and lens then transplanted into the eye. A tissue transplanted from her cheek to provide a blood supply. Surgeons use gear that is still alive in this procedure because the synthetic material most likely be rejected by the body.

In 2004, Lynn was on the verge of death while doing her regular visits to the dentist to revoke his teeth. When the reaction to antibiotics that are given in the form of a very rare condition, Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Most of his skin peeled off, she went blind because his eyes taped eyelids, her hair fell out and stuck on his back, his lungs were damaged and he had to spend his life in a life-support machine.

The specialist burns at Stirling Royal Infirmary should be consulted for skin conditions were very extreme. But Lynn was determined to fight for his son Jack, who was two years old.

"I have reason to fight for life and it is Jack. I'm not going to leave. I do not know how the staff at the hospital was able to treat me because of my condition only occurs in one out of a million people," Lynn said as quoted by the Daily Record ,

Lynn had to stay in hospital for two years and he had undergone 50 operations. Her skin gradually improved, and there is little hope of recovering his eyesight. Lynn started rehabiliatsi lengthy process is assisted by his mother, Anne, and her sister, Allison, Tracey, June and Gail.

style="text-align: justify;">Lynn had undergone a procedure called osteo-odonto-Keratoprosthesis or OOKP in his right eye in 2006. But after showing signs of success, the infection occurs and lost his eyesight again.

The hope to be able to see again later obtained from a surgeon named Chris Liu of the Sussex Eye Hospital in the UK. Dr Liu perform operations on Wednesday, February 8 last, and the bandage removed on Friday.

"When the bandage is removed, I could see the fingers of Mr. Liu. He threw a bandage and then I saw the window. I knew immediately what it was. As soon as I could see again, I called her. She wants to be the first to know how the results of the operation . He was at work and I shouted into the phone that I can see. He cried and called out to his colleagues, "said Lynn.

Actually, there is no guarantee that the vision Lynn today would be better. Within two to four years, he will need new gear for the left eye that this vision conditions can be sustained. But for now, Lynn just enjoying eyesight has returned.

Lynn had lost three teeth as he went through the procedure. Gail has volunteered to donate one of his teeth when his sister need later. During operation, some parts of the patient's teeth is removed, reshaped and sculpted grip until it could be a place for the artificial lens is then placed in it.

Teeth along the lens is implanted under the eyelid. This process requires a living tooth as an implant because doctors suggest there are risks as well as the eye would reject reject a plastic implant. Teeth were selected according to the shape and size. The majority of skin taken from the inside of the cheek and placed in the eye for two months, so it will gradually obtain their own blood supply.

Fractional tooth is then transplanted into the eye socket. Cheek skin folds and then removed from the eye and placed on a new foundation is solid. Finally, the surgeon cuts a hole in the grafted cornea so that light can pass.

This operation requires five separate procedures, namely:

(1) The eyes opened, and then the entire surface of the eyelids, cornea surface scarring and all discarded

(2) The dermal layer grafted onto the surface of the cheek new eyes

(3) The adjacent teeth or bone taken

(4) A bolt-shaped structure made of teeth and bone are equipped with plastic optical cylinder

(5) The composition of teeth and bones cylinders implanted into the patient's cheek to grow a new blood supply