PRWeb, 24 Mar 2009
Singapore (PRWEB) March 24, 2009 -- The Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) has given new sight to 25 blind patients with 100 percent success through a medical procedure called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis, or tooth-in-eye.
This procedure is highly complex and is to date only performed in two Western European countries, Singapore, India and Japan.
"The tooth-in-eye surgery is a difficult operation that is done in two stages and requires a team of 15 specialists from the radiology, dental and eye division," says Professor Donald Tan, Head of Corneal Service and Director at SNEC.
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