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Article: Blind Patient Regains Sight with "Eyetooth" Implanted in Her Eye.
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- September 16, 2009
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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Performs First MOOKP Procedure in USA
MIAMI -- Blind for nine years, Sharron "Kay" Thornton has just regained her sight through a first-in-the-U.S. surgical procedure at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The procedure -- modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (MOOKP) -- implanted her eyetooth in her eye, as a base to hold a prosthetic lens.
"I'm looking forward to seeing my seven youngest grandchildren for the first time," said Thornton, 60, of Smithdale, Miss., who was blinded by Stevens-Johnson syndrome in 2000. The rare, serious skin condition destroys the cells on the surface ...