Corneal transplant is the most common used eye tissues. Cornea is the transparent tissue in front of the iris. A clear, healthy cornea is necessary for good vision.

She's among the first to receive an artificial iris transplant. ... Until a couple weeks ago, a childhood injury had her hiding her left eye. "I was playing tennis," she explained.

They implanted an iris transplant in the boy's right eye and within 24 hours Nathaniel could see vivid colors for the first time in his life. "It's good I could see colors I was supposed to see ...

After 27 years without an iris, a novel surgery gives a man his eye color back. April 7, 2010— -- Charlie Haverstick was 26 when a mishap during a friendly game of flag football changed not ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) - A Camp Lejeune Marine is the first person in North Carolina to receive an iris and lens transplant after losing vision in one eye. Dr. Dean Ouano, an ophthalmologist at ...

The iris, for all its intricacies, gets the attention of us eye doctors only when it causes problems for our patients.As a ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health made medical history with an unprecedented, successful combined whole-eye and partial-face transplant operation. "You would never think he underwent such a procedure ...

A huge multidisciplinary team at NYU Langone Health has successfully undertaken the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant. The landmark surgery opens new possibilities for future ...

It was a moment Meagan James never expected to witness. A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York had performed the world’s first successful whole-eye transplant in a living person: her ...

Doctors say they're amazed by how well a veteran has recovered more than a year after a whole-eye transplant surgery. Aaron James lost most of his face after touching a live wire.

The first reported eye transplant attempts in animals began in the 19th century and peaked during World War II. As recently as 1977, a task force at the National Eye Institute concluded, ...