Just before the medical staff wheeled Karla Flores into the operating room so that surgeons could work inside her head for the third time in less than a month, the 19-year-old budding manicurist said ...

Surgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patient’s eye. Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull.

Whenever possible, if I am removing scar tissue from a pediatric patient’s eye, I opt for a graft of conjunctiva from the same or fellow eye to provide some viable epithelium to the area and minimize ...

This modified tooth is then temporarily implanted into the patient's cheek, where it develops new tissue and vascularization. Meanwhile, the eye is prepared to receive the implant. Surgeons remove ...

The patient’s eye is prepared by removing scar tissue and inserting soft cheek tissue. The tooth is then implanted in the cheek to grow new tissue. In the second surgery, it is transplanted into ...

Remove any scar tissue or debris in your eye; Once the fluid is gone, your doctor will make any other repairs your eye needs. Then, your eyes will be filled with saline, a gas bubble, or silicone oil.

They then remove scar tissue from the patient's eye and fill it with a small flap of soft tissue from inside their cheek. Finally, they implant the tooth-encased lens inside the cheek so that it ...

A YAG laser posterior capsulotomy is a procedure done to help remove scar tissue after you’ve had a lens replacement. Inside your eye, behind the iris and pupil, is a lens. This lens is clear ...

The only available treatment is to go under the knife again to remove the scar tissue and re-reattach the retina. If not effectively treated, PVR can cause vision loss in the affected eye.