For Brent Chapman, the dream of sight is within reach. If his final surgery succeeds, he looks forward to finally doing the things he once loved—playing basketball, traveling, and seeing the ...
Yes, you read that right. Earlier this week, Brent Chapman underwent one of Canada’s first-ever “tooth in eye” surgeries. While it might sound like something straight out of science fiction ...
As It Happens7:03For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons are putting teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight When Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth ...
Brent Chapman was just 13 when he took two ibuprofen tablets and suddenly started to suffer with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare but serious reaction caused by taking certain medicines.
Brent Chapman, a 33-year-old from North Vancouver in Canada, is one of the first Canadians to undergo osteoodonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP), commonly known as tooth-in-eye surgery. Initially ...
After years of blindness, Brent Chapman underwent tooth-in-eye surgery in Canada, where a tooth is used to implant a lens in the eye. A man in Canada had his eyesight restored after doctors ...
Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage. When Brent Chapman's doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore ...