Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis - Wikipedia
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  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 months ago

    Surg tech with about 8 years experience - never heard of this one. Some of the shit we do…

    Anyway, image search at your own risk. Here’s the least nightmare-fuel image I could find:

    …so we basically use tooth tissue to replace the iris? Seems like something we could just use a specialized contact lens for, without needing to graft an actual biologic… then again, maybe that’s why I’ve never heard of it :P

    • @[email protected]English
      2•2 months ago

      Sounds very much like a hold my beer solution.

      Drunk: bet you couldn’t fix blindness with mah tooth!

      Drunk eye surgeon: hold my beer