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Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 10:51 am
by Rocketfan
Sly always says i find the crazy stuff....
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.
Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident when red-hot liquid aluminium exploded at a re-cycling business in November 2005.
"I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life," McNichol told RTE state radio.
After doctors in Ireland said there was nothing more they could do, McNichol heard about a miracle operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed by Dr Christopher Liu at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton in England.
The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient's own tooth and the surrounding bone.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228/ts ... lthoffbeat
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 2:30 pm
by sweetnahmah1
That is crazy, I've never heard of this before.
Maybe the Big South refs should get some OOKP action.
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 4:48 pm
by 4everfsu
I guess a new meaning to the word 'eye tooth'
Re: Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his e
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 4:54 pm
by TylerBakersGonnaBGreat
Rocketfan wrote:Sly always says i find the crazy stuff....
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.
Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident when red-hot liquid aluminium exploded at a re-cycling business in November 2005.
"I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life," McNichol told RTE state radio.
After doctors in Ireland said there was nothing more they could do, McNichol heard about a miracle operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed by Dr Christopher Liu at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton in England.
The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient's own tooth and the surrounding bone.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228/ts ... lthoffbeat
Further Proving, You dont do anything at work
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:07 pm
by jcmanson
Maybe TB can get one of LB's teeth inserted into his foot
Re: Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his e
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:11 pm
by Rocketfan
TylerBakersGonnaBGreat wrote:Rocketfan wrote:Sly always says i find the crazy stuff....
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.
Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident when red-hot liquid aluminium exploded at a re-cycling business in November 2005.
"I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life," McNichol told RTE state radio.
After doctors in Ireland said there was nothing more they could do, McNichol heard about a miracle operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed by Dr Christopher Liu at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton in England.
The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient's own tooth and the surrounding bone.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228/ts ... lthoffbeat
Further Proving, You dont do anything at work
Chelsea disagrees....
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:16 pm
by ToTheLeft
jcmanson wrote:Maybe TB can get one of LB's teeth inserted into his foot
Post of the year.
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:16 pm
by TylerBakersGonnaBGreat
jcmanson wrote:Maybe TB can get one of LB's teeth inserted into his foot
He just wants a normal foot, not an over-rated one
Re: Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his e
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:16 pm
by ToTheLeft
Rocketfan wrote:TylerBakersGonnaBGreat wrote:Rocketfan wrote:Sly always says i find the crazy stuff....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228/ts ... lthoffbeat
Further Proving, You dont do anything at work
Chelsea disagrees....
I take back what I said about Mason's post.
Post of the year.
Re: Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his e
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:17 pm
by TylerBakersGonnaBGreat
Rocketfan wrote:TylerBakersGonnaBGreat wrote:Rocketfan wrote:Sly always says i find the crazy stuff....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228/ts ... lthoffbeat
Further Proving, You dont do anything at work
Chelsea disagrees....
boooooo
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 5:17 pm
by jcmanson
Beej, call this kid out. He's calling LB over-rated, that is name calling.
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 6:07 pm
by sweetnahmah1
HAHAHA
