Surgeons perform world's first eye transplant on man who suffered electric shock

Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, NYU Langone Health's chair of plastic surgery, examines Aaron James in New York on Oct. 23, 2023. Picture: AP Photo/Joseph. B. Frederick

Surgeons have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant - although it's far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye.

An accident with high-voltage power lines had destroyed most of Aaron James' face and one eye.