Transplant Surgery Restores Man's Tears

[Kire]

If only they could do this for Bush.

Transplant Surgery Restores Man's Tears

Fri Dec 31, 4:39 PM ET

ST. LOUIS - For the first time in 22 years, a tear came to the eye of Roger Beck.

The 29-year-old man has a rare disease that cost him one eye and left him legally blind and unable to make tears in the other. But on Thursday, Dr. Randal C. Paniello transplanted a saliva gland from Beck's neck to a spot near his temple, where it can provide moisture that can preserve the eye.

The 12-hour surgery was the first of its kind in the United States, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday. The procedure has been successful about 80 percent of the time in treating dry-eye conditions in other countries, the newspaper said.

More: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&ncid=541&e=4&u=/ap/20041231/ap_on_he_me/tear_transplant

[NYC]

1. Very interesting.

Thanks for posting.

[Spinzonner]

2. But he keeps crying when they ring the dinner belll

[slor]

3. That is good...

he will need them under 4 more years of chimp rule.