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Limits RegistrySurgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the world's first whole-eye transplant, combined with a partial face transplant, on patient Aaron James in May 2023. As of the surgery's public announcement in November 2023, the transplanted eye retained blood flow and structural health, though full vision restoration had not yet been achieved — a landmark first attempt rather than a restored-sight outcome.
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Surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the world's first whole-eye transplant, combined with a partial face transplant, on patient Aaron James in May 2023. As of the surgery's public announcement in November 2023, the transplanted eye retained blood flow and structural health, though full vision restoration had not yet been achieved — a landmark first attempt rather than a restored-sight outcome.
The date of the first documented surgical transplant of an entire human eye (including the optic nerve and surrounding tissue) onto a living recipient, as reported by the performing institution.
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Limits Registry. LR-FIRST-DOCUMENTED-SUCCESSFUL-WHOLE-EYE-TRANSPLANT-HUMAN. First whole-eye transplant performed on a living human patient. 2026.