The 57-year-old Irishman was blinded two years ago after an aluminum explosion at a recycling plant, AFP reported Thursday. His sight has been miraculously restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye.
After doctors told McNichol there was nothing more they could do for him, he heard about an offbeat operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed in England.
OOKP, first performed in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating an artificial cornea by using the patient’s tooth and surrounding bone as a support, AFP reported.
McNichol’s son Robert, 23, donated a tooth, its root and part of his jaw for his father’s surgery. McNichol’s right eye socket was rebuilt, and a lens was inserted into a hole drilled in Robert’s tooth. The procedure required two surgeries lasting a total of 15 hours.
“It is pretty heavy going,” McNichol told RTE state radio. “I have enough sight to get around. I have come out from complete darkness to be able to do simple things.”
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19 Responses
EYE am amazed! Just curious does he have to brush his eye now and go to the dentist for his eye problems???
ripley’s believe it or not?
come on!
Shain Tachas Eiyin!
Is he a yoitze bshein vayin?
What a miracle!
#3 Git gezukt
It’s not Purim yet!
Ma rabu ma’asecha – further evidence of the wonder of HaShem’s universe, and the gift that He dispenses to physicians and scientists who are His agents to the world.
Him and his son dont see eye to eye
i wonder what type of toothpaste he uses.
Moh rabu maasecha HaShem
Baruch (Hapokaiach Ivrim) She’nasan mechachmaso l’basar v’dam! Truly an “eye-opener”!
WOW!!!
i think he gonna use dr eye toothpaste maybe colgate
Where does he go for contacts, the dentist?
EYE gevalt!
Irish tooth fairy!
Interesting to note oneof the teeth is called “eyetooth”
strage, weird